Man's Position in the Universe: A Rough SurveyGeorge Allen, 1902 - 291 páginas |
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Man's Position in the Universe, 1902: A Rough Survey (Classic Reprint) W. Sedgwick Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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able acid gas activity Agents in Nature Antagonism Argon atmosphere atoms of matter atoms weighing beryllium bodies boron building value built carbon dioxide carbonic acid carbonic acid gas cells chemical affinity conclusion condensation dislodging drop of water earth electrolysis energy of Attraction Evolution experience explanation fact flat places fluid corpuscles fluorine forces heat helium Hence Herbert Spencer herbivorous animal Ibid inactive atoms inactive elements J. J. Thomson kind Kinetic Theory Krypton masses Metal series metalloid metalloid atoms Metalloid series molecule building molecules of matter moral Morris Travers negative electricity Neon Newton's Agents oxygen oxygen atoms particles Pathological Chemistry Periodic System Physiological and Pathological plant plates of glass positive electricity Professor Ernst Haeckel Professor J. J. protoplasm seats seen shown shows side silicic acid solar systems solid stream strong corpuscles strong fluid substances surface Theory of Gases tion translated by Wooldridge universe weak fluid
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Página 258 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Página 239 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Página 265 - GOD after the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Página 110 - The two fundamental forms of substance, ponderable matter and ether, are not dead and only moved by extrinsic force, but they are endowed with sensation and will (though, naturally, of the lowest grade); they experience an inclination for condensation, a dislike of strain; they strive after the one and struggle against the other
Página 255 - Truly a Thinking Man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have ; every time such a one announces himself, I doubt not, there runs a shudder through the Nether Empire ; and new Emissaries are trained, with new tactics, to, if possible, entrap him, and hoodwink and handcuff him.
Página 272 - Apparently, the universally coexistent forces of attraction and repulsion, which, as we have seen, necessitate rhythm in all minor changes throughout the Universe, also necessitate rhythm in the totality of its changes — produce now an immeasurable period during which the attractive forces predominating, cause universal concentration, and then an immeasurable period during which the repulsive forces predominating, cause universal diffusion — alternate eras of Evolution and Dissolution.
Página 121 - Matter cannot be conceived except as manifesting forces of attraction and repulsion. Body is distinguished in our consciousness from Space, by its opposition to our muscular energies; and this opposition we feel under the twofold form of a cohesion that hinders our efforts to rend, and a resistance that hinders our efforts to compress. Without resistance there can be merely empty extension. Without cohesion there can be no resistance.
Página 180 - This remarkable belt has maintained, from the earliest ages, the same relative situation among the stars; and, when examined through powerful telescopes, is found (wonderful to relate!) to consist entirely of stars scattered by millions, like glittering dust, on the black ground of the general heavens.
Página 181 - ... increase of number as we approach the borders of the milky way. And when we come to telescopic magnitudes, we find them crowded beyond imagination along the extent of that circle, and of the branch which it sends off from it...