Astronomy and General Physics: Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyWilliam Pickering, 1836 - 381 pages |
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... Earth IV . The Magnitude of the Ocean 17 21 33 42 52 54 V. The Magnitude of the Atmosphere VI . The Constancy and Variety of Climates .. 55 VII . The Variety of Organization corresponding to the Variety of Climate ... VIII . The ...
... Earth IV . The Magnitude of the Ocean 17 21 33 42 52 54 V. The Magnitude of the Atmosphere VI . The Constancy and Variety of Climates .. 55 VII . The Variety of Organization corresponding to the Variety of Climate ... VIII . The ...
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... earth . These two kinds of laws direct the actions of persons and of things , by the sort of control of which persons and things are respectively sus- ceptible ; so that the metaphor is very simple ; but it is proper for us to recollect ...
... earth . These two kinds of laws direct the actions of persons and of things , by the sort of control of which persons and things are respectively sus- ceptible ; so that the metaphor is very simple ; but it is proper for us to recollect ...
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... earth's surface , would be the same , if the atmosphere were ten times as large , or only one tenth as large as it is ; if the barometer at the earth's surface stood at three inches only , or if it showed a pressure of thirty feet of ...
... earth's surface , would be the same , if the atmosphere were ten times as large , or only one tenth as large as it is ; if the barometer at the earth's surface stood at three inches only , or if it showed a pressure of thirty feet of ...
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... earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a subsequent part of this work , that either change would , so far as we can trace its consequences , be ...
... earth's orbit , of a different value from its present one , the arbitrary magnitude would be changed ; and it will appear , in a subsequent part of this work , that either change would , so far as we can trace its consequences , be ...
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... earth is a solid globe of ascertained magnitude , which travels round the sun , in an orbit nearly circular , in a period of about three hundred and sixty - five days and a quarter , and in the mean time revolves , in an inclined ...
... earth is a solid globe of ascertained magnitude , which travels round the sun , in an orbit nearly circular , in a period of about three hundred and sixty - five days and a quarter , and in the mean time revolves , in an inclined ...
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Page 363 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page x - CHEMISTRY, METEOROLOGY, AND THE FUNCTION OF DIGESTION, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO NATURAL THEOLOGY.
Page 315 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 107 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...
Page 315 - And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.
Page 265 - Your obligation to obey this law, is its being the law of your nature. That your conscience approves of and attests to such a course of action, is itself alone an obligation. Conscience does not only offer itself to show us the way we should walk in, but it likewise carries its own authority with it, that it is our natural guide ; the guide assigned us by the Author of our nature...
Page viii - Pounds sterling ; this sum, with the accruing dividends thereon, to be held at the disposal of the President, for the time being, of the Royal Society of London, to be paid to the person or persons nominated by him. The Testator...
Page 355 - But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this — we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.
Page 361 - Insects, can be the effect of nothing else than the Wisdom and Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
Page 162 - ... and hence it is that some of these apparent derangements have been going on in the same direction since the beginning of the history of the world. But the restoration is in the sequel as complete as the derangement, and in the meantime the disturbance never attains a sufficient amount seriously to alter the adaptations of the system." " The same examination of the subject by which this is proved points out also the condition on which the stability depends. ' I have succeeded in demonstrating...