The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Volume 2Sumner and Goodman, 1849 - Astronomy |
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... substances . Caloric - its sources and properties . Oxygen , its properties and combinations - nitrous oxide , its singular effects . Nitrogen , its effects on flame and animal life . Hydrogen , its properties and uses . Carbon , its ...
... substances . Caloric - its sources and properties . Oxygen , its properties and combinations - nitrous oxide , its singular effects . Nitrogen , its effects on flame and animal life . Hydrogen , its properties and uses . Carbon , its ...
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... substance of which we can form but a very faint and im- perfect conception - in proportion to which all the lofty mountains which rise above its surface are less than a few grains of sand , when compared with the largest artificial ...
... substance of which we can form but a very faint and im- perfect conception - in proportion to which all the lofty mountains which rise above its surface are less than a few grains of sand , when compared with the largest artificial ...
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... a moment to doubt , that the minutest parti- cles of every human body , however widely sepa rated from each other and mingled with other * extraneous substances , are known to him whose presence 28 THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER .
... a moment to doubt , that the minutest parti- cles of every human body , however widely sepa rated from each other and mingled with other * extraneous substances , are known to him whose presence 28 THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER .
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Thomas Dick. * extraneous substances , are known to him whose presence pervades all space ; and that all the atoms requisite for the construction of the Re surrection body will be reassembled for this purpose by the energy of that mighty ...
Thomas Dick. * extraneous substances , are known to him whose presence pervades all space ; and that all the atoms requisite for the construction of the Re surrection body will be reassembled for this purpose by the energy of that mighty ...
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... substance of caloric may be chiefly connected with the constitution of the globe we inhabit . But still , It is quite certain that the earth , as presently consti- tuted , would suffer effects most disastrous to sentient beings , were ...
... substance of caloric may be chiefly connected with the constitution of the globe we inhabit . But still , It is quite certain that the earth , as presently consti- tuted , would suffer effects most disastrous to sentient beings , were ...
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