The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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... lights which shall have been shed upon them , by the labors of the learned and scientific , up to the time of publication . It will consist , in part , of approved works of foreign origin , which shall be considered particularly adapted ...
... lights which shall have been shed upon them , by the labors of the learned and scientific , up to the time of publication . It will consist , in part , of approved works of foreign origin , which shall be considered particularly adapted ...
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... lights our streets and theatres by its beau- tiful gas , extracted from coal . It enters our dye - houses , and ... light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies ...
... lights our streets and theatres by its beau- tiful gas , extracted from coal . It enters our dye - houses , and ... light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies ...
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... light of science will enable us every where to behold new and increasing wonders , and to remark the operations of infinite power , forever varied , and yet forever the same . It is impossible , that the mere perception of such laws ...
... light of science will enable us every where to behold new and increasing wonders , and to remark the operations of infinite power , forever varied , and yet forever the same . It is impossible , that the mere perception of such laws ...
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... light , to express an opinion that it was carbon , and capable of ignition , and not belonging to the class of crystals . That conjecture has in our day been established , by chemical experiments , to be a fact . He made the discovery ...
... light , to express an opinion that it was carbon , and capable of ignition , and not belonging to the class of crystals . That conjecture has in our day been established , by chemical experiments , to be a fact . He made the discovery ...
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... light , as it is called , that is , the fact that rays of light have different sides , which have differ- ent properties of reflection , is a discovery in optics of very recent date , which , it is said , " is so fertile in the views it ...
... light , as it is called , that is , the fact that rays of light have different sides , which have differ- ent properties of reflection , is a discovery in optics of very recent date , which , it is said , " is so fertile in the views it ...
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