The Book of Nature, Volumen1Wells and Lilly, 1826 |
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... vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes that such influence is a material one . I ...
... vessels containing such solutions . Camphor displays a like affinity for light . All this , however , shows merely that light possesses an influence of some kind ; but it by no means establishes that such influence is a material one . I ...
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... from liquids , ascend into the atmosphere ; and a piece of cork , plunged to the bottom of a vessel of water , rises * Exposition du Systême du Monde . rapidly to the surface . But , in all these 84 ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER ,
... from liquids , ascend into the atmosphere ; and a piece of cork , plunged to the bottom of a vessel of water , rises * Exposition du Systême du Monde . rapidly to the surface . But , in all these 84 ON THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER ,
Página 85
... vessel , and the cork will remain at the bottom , because heavier than the surrounding air ; and let the smoke or the vapour be received into a vacuum , and it will remain as much at the bottom as the cork . It was first systematically ...
... vessel , and the cork will remain at the bottom , because heavier than the surrounding air ; and let the smoke or the vapour be received into a vacuum , and it will remain as much at the bottom as the cork . It was first systematically ...
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... vessel that was ever manufactured ; so that at length every particle of the fluid is converted into a substance of their own nature . A few pestilential miasms are thrown forth from a stagnant marsh or a foul prison , and give birth ...
... vessel that was ever manufactured ; so that at length every particle of the fluid is converted into a substance of their own nature . A few pestilential miasms are thrown forth from a stagnant marsh or a foul prison , and give birth ...
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... vessels . Through the former of these it absorbs the moisture of the soil into which it is plunged , decomposes a part of it into its elementary principles , and conducts those principles , toge- . ther with the undecomposed water , to ...
... vessels . Through the former of these it absorbs the moisture of the soil into which it is plunged , decomposes a part of it into its elementary principles , and conducts those principles , toge- . ther with the undecomposed water , to ...
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action already observed animal and vegetable animals appears Aristotle arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones capable carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gass gastric juice genus gneiss gravitation heart heat hence Humphry Davy infinite divisibility insects instances irritability juice kind lacteals lecture less lime Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means membrane mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature nutriment organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess pounds weight present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles rocks root secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing tion traced tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Página 32 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Página 143 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Página 55 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.
Página 34 - Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being. Hence the breath Of life informing each organic frame, Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves; Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold ; And clear autumnal skies, and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Página 335 - Nothing is foreign; parts relate to whole; One all-extending, all-preserving soul Connects each being, greatest with the least, Made beast in aid of man, and man of beast; All served, all serving; nothing stands alone; The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown.
Página 9 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Página 55 - Particles, would not be of the same Nature and Texture now, with Water and Earth composed of entire Particles in the Beginning. And therefore, that Nature may be lasting, the Changes of corporeal Things are to be placed only in the various Separations and new Associations and Motions of these permanent Particles; compound Bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid Particles, but where those Particles are laid together, and only touch in a few Points.
Página 54 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Página 32 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Página 8 - Who knows but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...