 It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life, without an overruling creative power ; and, therefore, no conclusions of dynamical science regarding the future condition of the earth can be held to give dispiriting views...  Report of the Annual Meeting - Page 25by British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1862Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 458 pages
...impossible to conceive either the begin ning or the continuance of life without a creating »ml nvcr-ruling power. The author's object was to lay before the Section...during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of lieat and light. The subject was divided under two heads : 1, on the secular cooling of the sun ; 3,... | |
 | 1862 - 446 pages
...into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or...the discovery of probable limits to the periods of tune, past and future, during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of heat and light. The subject... | |
 | 1862 - 476 pages
...into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or...the discovery of probable limits to the periods of tune, past and future, during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of heat and light. The subject... | |
 | 1862 - 448 pages
...into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or...the discovery of probable limits to the periods of tune, past and future, during which the sun can be reckoned on as a source of heat and light. The subject... | |
 | 1862 - 556 pages
...inhabited. The object proposed in the present article is an application of these general principles to the discovery of probable limits to the periods...reckoned on as a source of heat and light The subject will be discussed under three heads : — I. The secular cooling of the sun, II. The present temperature... | |
 | 1862 - 842 pages
...inhabited. The object proposed in the present article is an application of these general principles to the discovery of probable limits to the periods...reckoned on as a source of heat and light. The subject will be discussed under three heads : — I. The secular cooling of the sun. II. The present temperature... | |
 | 1865 - 458 pages
...into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock and stopping forever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or...of time, past and future, during which the sun can bo reckoned on as a source of heat and light. The subject was divided under two heads : 1. On the secular... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1883 - 564 pages
...into heat, than to a single nnite mechanism, running down like a clock, and stopping for ever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life, without an overruling creative power; and, therefore, no conclusions of dynamical science regarding the future... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1889 - 486 pages
...into heat, than to a single finite mechanism, running down like a clock, and stopping for ever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life, without an overruling creative power ; and, therefore, no conclusions of dynamical science regarding the future... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1893 - 838 pages
...heat, rather than to a single finite mechanism running down like a clock and stopping for ever. It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life without an overruling creative power, and therefore no conclusions of dynamical science regarding the future... | |
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