The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious ImprovementsPublished at the Middlesex Bookstore. J. M'Kown, printer, 1815 - 324 páginas |
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... Light , 12 Of the Air , 71 Of the Stars , 20 Of Wind , 75 Of the Fixed Stars , 24 Of Cold , 79 Of the Sun , 30 Of the Terraqueous Globe , 81 Of Saturn , 38 Of Gravity , 87 Of Jupiter , 40 Of the Water , 95 Of Mars , 43 Of the Earth ...
... Light , 12 Of the Air , 71 Of the Stars , 20 Of Wind , 75 Of the Fixed Stars , 24 Of Cold , 79 Of the Sun , 30 Of the Terraqueous Globe , 81 Of Saturn , 38 Of Gravity , 87 Of Jupiter , 40 Of the Water , 95 Of Mars , 43 Of the Earth ...
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... we may agreeably enough use the words of honest gardus ; " This book may be read by ail , although they may never have learned to read ; it is accessible to all ; it is exposed to the eyes of all . " ESSAY I - Of LIGHT . WOULD it not be.
... we may agreeably enough use the words of honest gardus ; " This book may be read by ail , although they may never have learned to read ; it is accessible to all ; it is exposed to the eyes of all . " ESSAY I - Of LIGHT . WOULD it not be.
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... LIGHT . WOULD it not be proper , in the first place , to lay down those laws of nature , by which the mate- rial world is governed , and which , when we come to consider , we have in the rank of second causes , no further to go ? All ...
... LIGHT . WOULD it not be proper , in the first place , to lay down those laws of nature , by which the mate- rial world is governed , and which , when we come to consider , we have in the rank of second causes , no further to go ? All ...
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... light . It was demanded , In what place is the light contained ? By what way is the light divided ? Aristotle's definition , " Light is in the inwork- ing of a diaphanous body , " is worth an attentive consideration . Light is ...
... light . It was demanded , In what place is the light contained ? By what way is the light divided ? Aristotle's definition , " Light is in the inwork- ing of a diaphanous body , " is worth an attentive consideration . Light is ...
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... light are too dark , which try to explain the phenomena by new modifications of rays ; they depend not on any such modifications , but on some congenite and unchangeable proper- ties , essentially inherent in the rays . The rays of light ...
... light are too dark , which try to explain the phenomena by new modifications of rays ; they depend not on any such modifications , but on some congenite and unchangeable proper- ties , essentially inherent in the rays . The rays of light ...
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The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature ... Cotton Mather Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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Página 91 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 153 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Página 46 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Página 105 - The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Página 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Página 279 - Are not the species of objects seen with both eyes, united where the optic nerves meet, before they come into the brain, the fibres on the right side of both nerves, uniting there, and after union going thence into the brain in the nerve which is on the right side of the head, and the fibres on the left side of both nerves uniting in the same place, and after union going into the brain in the nerve which is on the left side of the head ; and these two nerves meeting in the brain...
Página 3 - God ; while by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ...