 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...fact, that the very same thing which makes the 6re burn, make ; metals rust, forms acids, and causes plants and animals to breathe ; that these operations,...by night. To know this is a positive gratification. s it not pleasing to find the same substance in various situations extremcty unlike each other ; —... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1826 - 596 pages
...fact, that the very same thing which makes the fire burn, makes metals rust, furms acids, and causes plants and animals to breathe ; that these operations,...bodies, — the breathing of animals, — and the Kowth of plants by night. To know this is a positive gratification, it not pleasing to find the same... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...fact, that the very same thing which makes the fire burn, makes metals rust, forms acids, and causes plants and animals to breathe ; that these operations,...eyes, when examined by the light of science, are the same,—the rusting of metals.— the formation of acids,—the burning of inflammable bodies. —the... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1832 - 284 pages
...same thing, than the processes of burning and of breathing,—the rust of metals and burning,—an acid and rust, —the influence of a plant on the...eyes, when examined by the light of science, are the same,—the rusting of metals,—the formation of acids, the burning of inflammable bodies,—the breathing... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1833 - 436 pages
...yet all these are the same operation. It is an undeniable fact, that the very same thing which makei the fire burn, makes metals rust, forms acids, and...— the breathing of animals — and the growth of plunts by night. To know this is a positive gratification. Is it not pleasing to find the name substance... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...night, and of an animal on the same air at any time, nay, and of a body burning in that air; and yet all these operations, so unlike to common eyes, when examined by the light of science, are the same. Akin to this pleasure of contemplating new and extraordinary truths, is the gratification of a more... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - Education - 1842 - 58 pages
...resemblances is, indeed, the object of all philosophy. It is surely a satisfaction to know, what is au undeniable fact, that the very same thing which makes...of science, are the same — the rusting of metals — tlie formation of acids — the burning of inflammable bodies — the breathing of animals —... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 460 pages
...study to the chemist ; its virtues and poisons to the physician ! What to common eyes more unlike than the rusting of metals ; the formation of acids ; the...breathing of animals, and the growth of plants by night? What more exciting to find, than that the huge piston of the old steam engine descends, and the fly... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1848 - 578 pages
...indeed the object of all philosophy. IB it not astonishing to find that the very same thing as that which makes the fire burn ; makes metals rust— forms...breathing of animals— and the growth of plants by night. Nothing can be less like than the working of a vast steam-engine on the old construction, and the crawling... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English periodicals - 1848 - 576 pages
...indeed the object of all philosophy. Is it not attonishing to find that the very same thing as that which makes the fire burn ; makes metals rust —...light of Science, are the same — the rusting of metala — the formation of acids — the burning of inflammable bodies — the breathing of animals... | |
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... plants and animals to breathe ; that these operations so unlike to common eyes, when examined by the light of science, are the same, — the rusting of metals, — the formation of acids, — the burning of inflammable bodies, — the breathing of... 
