Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First Cause, in having endowed man with faculties by which he can not only appreciate the magnificence of His works, but trace, with precision, the operation of his laws ; use the globe he inhabits as a... On the Connection of the Physical Sciences - Page 2by Mary Somerville - 1846 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Somerville - 1831 - 720 pages
...of the energy that maintains them in their motions with a durability to which we can see no limits. Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1834 - 484 pages
...afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendour of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| 1834 - 512 pages
...afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendour of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 pages
...having endowed man with faculties by which he can not only appreciate the magnificence of His works, B 2 but trace, with precision, the operation of his laws...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| 1844 - 288 pages
...conspicuous is the goodness of the great First Cause, in having endowed man with faculties, by which ho can not only appreciate the magnificence of his works,...trace, with precision, the operation of his laws, use flic globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets,... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendour of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which...magnificence of His works, but trace, with precision, 4he operation of His laws ; use the globe He inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude... | |
| 1885 - 286 pages
...The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendor of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 482 pages
...of the energy that maintains them in their motions with a durability to which we can see no limits. Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First...precision, the operation of his laws, use the globe he inhabite as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make... | |
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