On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , " is to inspire the love of truth ... objects , and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them ...
... object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , " is to inspire the love of truth ... objects , and prepared for those high destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them ...
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... objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a durability to which we can see no limit ...
... objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a durability to which we can see no limit ...
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... objects is founded upon experience , which furnishes facts ; the comparison of these facts establishes relations , from which the belief that like causes will produce like effects leads to general laws . Thus , experience teaches that ...
... objects is founded upon experience , which furnishes facts ; the comparison of these facts establishes relations , from which the belief that like causes will produce like effects leads to general laws . Thus , experience teaches that ...
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... Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
... Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
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... object . Of the situation of the equator of Uranus we know nothing , nor of his compression ; but the orbits of his satellites are nearly per- pendicular to the plane of the ecliptic ; and , by analogy , they ought to be in the plane of ...
... object . Of the situation of the equator of Uranus we know nothing , nor of his compression ; but the orbits of his satellites are nearly per- pendicular to the plane of the ecliptic ; and , by analogy , they ought to be in the plane of ...
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