| Isaac Newton - 1848 - 606 pages
...always found to settle at the bottom of putrefied fluids; and hence it is that the bulk of the soljd earth is continually increased ; and the fluids, if...must be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at hist. I suspect, moreover, that it is chiefly from the comets that spirit comes, which is indeed the... | |
| David Brewster - 1854 - 334 pages
...extent, turned into dry earth by putrefaction, a slime perpetually settling from putrefying fluids. Hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increasing, and that its fluids, if not supplied from any other source, must constantly decrease, and... | |
| William Adolph - 1859 - 198 pages
...extent, turned into dry earth by putrefaction, a slime perpetually settling from putrefying fluids. Hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increasing, and that its fluids, if not supplied from any other source, must constantly decrease, and... | |
| William Adolph - 1864 - 428 pages
...extent, turned into dry earth by putrefaction, a slime perpetually settling from putrefying fluids. Hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increasing, and that its fluids, if not supplied from any other source, must constantly decrease, and... | |
| David Brewster - 1876 - 350 pages
...extent, turned into dry earth by putrefaction, a slime perpetually settling from putrefying fluids. Hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increasing, and that its fluids, if not supplied from any other source, must constantly decrease, and... | |
| David Brewster - 1876 - 354 pages
...extent, turned into dry earth by putrefaction, a slime perpetually settling from putrefying fluids. Hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increasing, and that its fluids, if not supplied from any other source, must constantly decrease, and... | |
| 1877 - 826 pages
...would be equal to the heat which is always found to settle at the bottom of putrefied fluids ; and hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually...be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at last. I suspect, moreover, that it is chiefly from the comets that spirit comes, which is indeed the smallest... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 832 pages
...is that tbt bulk of the «olid earth is continually increased ; and the fluids, if they are not in from without, must be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at last. I moreover, that it is chiefly from the comets that spirit cornei, which smallest but the most subtle... | |
| Sara Schechner - 1999 - 386 pages
...putrefaction; and a sort of slime is always found to settle at the bottom of putrefied fluids; and hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually...be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at last. 89 Without an extraterrestrial source of fluid, all planetary activity would cease. The magnificent... | |
| Frank T. Boyle - 2000 - 262 pages
...putrefaction; and a sort of slime is always found to settle at the bottom of putrefied fluids; and hence it is that the bulk of the solid earth is continually increased; and the fluids, if they ate not supplied from without, must be in a continual decrease, and quite fail at last. 1 suspect,... | |
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