The Book of Nature, Svazek 1Wells and Lilly, 1826 |
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Strana 34
... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modi- fication of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the ...
... fluids , the last of which seems in truth to be only a peculiar modi- fication of the second , together with other substances or qualities which in subtilty and activity have a considerable resemblance to them , as light and the ...
Strana 35
... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to contend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation . † The ...
... fluids and caloric are material as well as the fluid of light ; but , to do this , he is compelled to alter the common definition of matter , and to contend that matter does not necessarily possess gravitation or aggregation . † The ...
Strana 66
... fluid , existing indepen- dently of all stars or planets , though originally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
... fluid , existing indepen- dently of all stars or planets , though originally , perhaps , emitted from them ; aggregated by a variety of causes that tend to give its minute particles unity ; sometimes forming new stars by its ...
Strana 70
... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each stat nominis umbra . - Is physical science then a vain show ? —a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? —Assuredly not ...
... fluids , we know nothing but from their effects , and can only say of each stat nominis umbra . - Is physical science then a vain show ? —a mere house of cards , built up for the sole purpose of being pulled down again ? —Assuredly not ...
Strana 82
... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight is ...
... fluids appears to admit a part of the other fluid into its pores ; a fact of which there can be little doubt , since , if no evaporation be allowed to take place , though the bulk of the mixture is somewhat diminished , its weight is ...
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