On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alone- but , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all Nature . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
... natural phenomenon can be adequately studied in itself alone- but , to be understood , it must be considered as it stands connected with all Nature . " - BACON . Ninth Edition , completely Revised . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE ...
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... Natural Light - Undulations of Polarized Light - The Optic Axes of Crystals - M. Fresnel's Disco- veries on the Rays ... Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or Photographic Rays of Solar Spectrum - Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's ...
... Natural Light - Undulations of Polarized Light - The Optic Axes of Crystals - M. Fresnel's Disco- veries on the Rays ... Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or Photographic Rays of Solar Spectrum - Scheele , Ritter , and Wollaston's ...
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... Nature of Heat Absorptions Dew - Rain Combustion Expansion - Compensa- tion Pendulum Transmission through Crystals Propagation Dynamic Theory of Heat - Mechanical equivalent of Heat Latent Heat is the Force of Expansion - Steam - Work ...
... Nature of Heat Absorptions Dew - Rain Combustion Expansion - Compensa- tion Pendulum Transmission through Crystals Propagation Dynamic Theory of Heat - Mechanical equivalent of Heat Latent Heat is the Force of Expansion - Steam - Work ...
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... Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law - Gravity only the Residual Fórce of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium - - - .. SECTION XXXV . - - - 335 Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not disturb the Solar ...
... Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law - Gravity only the Residual Fórce of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium - - - .. SECTION XXXV . - - - 335 Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not disturb the Solar ...
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... wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system Page.
... wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system Page.
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