An essay on the philosophy, study, and use of natural historyWhite, Cochrane, and Company, 1813 - 236 pages |
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Page xviii
... seems to have been attempted likely to produce a general or powerful effect on the public mind ; which is the more to be regretted at a time when so much attention is paid to mere scientific arrangement . A well re- gulated system , and ...
... seems to have been attempted likely to produce a general or powerful effect on the public mind ; which is the more to be regretted at a time when so much attention is paid to mere scientific arrangement . A well re- gulated system , and ...
Page xix
... seem of that bold and original cast which is likely to lift up the veil of Nature any higher than his predecessors ... seems willing to leave the vast and unknown regions of unpenetrated knowledge for more enterprising and more PREFACE ...
... seem of that bold and original cast which is likely to lift up the veil of Nature any higher than his predecessors ... seems willing to leave the vast and unknown regions of unpenetrated knowledge for more enterprising and more PREFACE ...
Page xxxi
... seems to claim an honourable exception . I mean as to great national undertakings of a literary or scientific kind . I have just seen a work recently issued from the Imperial press at Paris , under the immediate patronage and inspection ...
... seems to claim an honourable exception . I mean as to great national undertakings of a literary or scientific kind . I have just seen a work recently issued from the Imperial press at Paris , under the immediate patronage and inspection ...
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... they originally proceeded * . * Something seems to remain for chymists to discover in the nature , and component parts , of water ; since , if it be This natural revolution , because necessary , is constant and 24 .PHILOSOPHY OF.
... they originally proceeded * . * Something seems to remain for chymists to discover in the nature , and component parts , of water ; since , if it be This natural revolution , because necessary , is constant and 24 .PHILOSOPHY OF.
Page 25
... seems to make little or no impression on the quantities of the ocean . Has the law of gravitation the same influence on watery , as it has on earthy , particles ? —I am aware that the celebrated Dr , BLACK has observed , that , if the ...
... seems to make little or no impression on the quantities of the ocean . Has the law of gravitation the same influence on watery , as it has on earthy , particles ? —I am aware that the celebrated Dr , BLACK has observed , that , if the ...
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An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural History Charles Fothergill No preview available - 2009 |
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