Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... experiments of chemistry have hitherto been exerted in vain to effect their decomposition . While , as to those which are more immediately con- nected with the principle of animal life , and upon which many schools of modern philosophy ...
... experiments of chemistry have hitherto been exerted in vain to effect their decomposition . While , as to those which are more immediately con- nected with the principle of animal life , and upon which many schools of modern philosophy ...
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... experiments by Higgens , Dalton , Gay Lus- sac , and Davy , that the combinations and separations of all simple bodies are conducted in a definite and invariable ratio of relative weight or measure * ; as that of one part to one part ...
... experiments by Higgens , Dalton , Gay Lus- sac , and Davy , that the combinations and separations of all simple bodies are conducted in a definite and invariable ratio of relative weight or measure * ; as that of one part to one part ...
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... experiments of modern chemistry are giving countenance . Air , water , and earth , suspected to be compounds in the time of Epicurus , have been proved to be such in our own day ; while , of the actual nature of heat or fire , mankind ...
... experiments of modern chemistry are giving countenance . Air , water , and earth , suspected to be compounds in the time of Epicurus , have been proved to be such in our own day ; while , of the actual nature of heat or fire , mankind ...
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... experiments , that even air , and the gases manifest their impenetrability as decidedly as solid bodies . To a cursory survey , however , there are some phænomena that seem to show that certain bodies are penetrable by others . Thus ...
... experiments , that even air , and the gases manifest their impenetrability as decidedly as solid bodies . To a cursory survey , however , there are some phænomena that seem to show that certain bodies are penetrable by others . Thus ...
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... experiment that it is equal to a pressure of about a thousand pounds for every square inch of glass . Air is not necessary to this resistance , for it is equally manifest in a vacuum ; yet it is a very curious fact , that under water it ...
... experiment that it is equal to a pressure of about a thousand pounds for every square inch of glass . Air is not necessary to this resistance , for it is equally manifest in a vacuum ; yet it is a very curious fact , that under water it ...
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Page 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
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