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" All these things considered [that is, the chemical facts he had just recited], it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties... "
Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington - Page xxii
by Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1881
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 7

John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...of fermentation, to which almost all the motion we meet with in the world is- owing. It is probable, that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other preperties, and in such proportion...
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Athenian Letters: Or, The Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of ..., Volume 2

1810 - 506 pages
...reckoned the property of all uncompounded matter, &c. All " these things considered, it is probable, that God in the beginning formed matter " in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, &c. These primitive par" tides being solid, are incomparably harder than any porous...
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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...matter into solid, massy, impenetrable, moveable particles or atoms of such sizes and figures, apd with such other properties, and in such proportion...formed' them ; and that these primitive particles being1 solids, are iucomparably harder, than any porous bodies compounded of theui, even so hard as...
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The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of ..., Volume 1

James Smith - 1815 - 684 pages
...God in the beginning formed matter into solid, massive, impenetrable, moveable particles or atoms, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties,...formed them ; and that these primitive particles being absolute solids, are incomparably harder than any of the bodies compounded of them, even so hard as...
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A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 2

Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 pages
...the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes, figures, and with such other properties, and in such...formed them ; and that these primitive particles, being solid, are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them ; even so very hard, as never...
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Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy ..., Volume 6

1815 - 520 pages
...remaining undivided, Mr. Daltqn has referred to fhe following observations of Sir Isaac Newton : — " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, mpveable, particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion...
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The Annals of Philosophy, Volume 6

1815 - 514 pages
...remaining uniiirideii, Mr. Dalton has referred to the following observations of Sir Iiaac Newton : — " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, move-able, particles, of such sizes and figures, anJ with such other properties, and in such proportion...
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Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy ..., Volume 11

1818 - 512 pages
...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...particles being solids, are incomparably harder than any poroot bodies compounded of them ; even so hard as never to wear or break in pi*cCT| no ordinary power...
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Annals of Philosophy: Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy ..., Volume 11

1818 - 514 pages
...this subject. This excellent philosopher, in enumerating the principles of nature, say* : " It teems probable to me, that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, inauy, hard, impenetrable, move-able particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties,...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 4

William Nicholson - 1819 - 426 pages
...hard, impenetrable, moveable particles ; of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...particles, being solids, are incomparably harder than any of the sensible porous bodies compounded of them ; even so hard as never to wear or break in pieces...
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