Dissertations on the Progress of KnowledgeArno Press, 1975 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 191
... nearly allied to that of occasional causes than its author seems to have suspected , and encumbered with every solid difficulty connected with the other . From the theory of occasional causes , it is easy to trace the process which led ...
... nearly allied to that of occasional causes than its author seems to have suspected , and encumbered with every solid difficulty connected with the other . From the theory of occasional causes , it is easy to trace the process which led ...
Pagina 55
... nearly proportional to their density , with the exception of those which contain much inflammable matter in their composition , or sulphur as it was then called , which is always accompanied with an increase of refracting power . ' 2 ...
... nearly proportional to their density , with the exception of those which contain much inflammable matter in their composition , or sulphur as it was then called , which is always accompanied with an increase of refracting power . ' 2 ...
Pagina 75
... nearly at the moment when the moon is on the same meridian , and that the retardation of the tide from day to day , is the same with the retardation of the moon in her diurnal revolution . That the sun is also concerned in the ...
... nearly at the moment when the moon is on the same meridian , and that the retardation of the tide from day to day , is the same with the retardation of the moon in her diurnal revolution . That the sun is also concerned in the ...
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