The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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Page 14
... properties of light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies , and acids , and minerals , and metals . And , though we have not as yet discovered by it the ...
... properties of light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies , and acids , and minerals , and metals . And , though we have not as yet discovered by it the ...
Page 31
... properties of reflection , is a discovery in optics of very recent date , which , it is said , " is so fertile in the views it lays open of the constitution of natural bodies , and the minuter mechanism of the universe , as to place it ...
... properties of reflection , is a discovery in optics of very recent date , which , it is said , " is so fertile in the views it lays open of the constitution of natural bodies , and the minuter mechanism of the universe , as to place it ...
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... properties of natural bodies . This is science , properly and emphatically so called . It is the science of pure mathematics ; and in the high branches of this science lies the true sublime of human acquisition . If any attain- ment ...
... properties of natural bodies . This is science , properly and emphatically so called . It is the science of pure mathematics ; and in the high branches of this science lies the true sublime of human acquisition . If any attain- ment ...
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... properties , that have as yet been explored , unquestionably form but a few parts connected with a grand succession of parts yet undiscovered , by an indissoluble although an unseen chain . Each new truth that is found out , besides its ...
... properties , that have as yet been explored , unquestionably form but a few parts connected with a grand succession of parts yet undiscovered , by an indissoluble although an unseen chain . Each new truth that is found out , besides its ...
Page 93
... properties of nature , comprehended within it , but not yet disclosed . The indi- vidual , who first noticed the attractive power of magnetic substances , was gratified , no doubt , with observing a singular and inexplicable property of ...
... properties of nature , comprehended within it , but not yet disclosed . The indi- vidual , who first noticed the attractive power of magnetic substances , was gratified , no doubt , with observing a singular and inexplicable property of ...
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