Outlines of a System of Mechanical Philosophy: Being a Research Into the Laws of ForceCharles C. Little and James Brown, 1851 - 330 páginas |
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... extent nor in its capacity for motion ; so of force , its action is not infinite ; it has parts , or divisions , cach with a fixed rate of power , and as a whole , its aggregate power is fixed , meted out by Him by whose infinite power ...
... extent nor in its capacity for motion ; so of force , its action is not infinite ; it has parts , or divisions , cach with a fixed rate of power , and as a whole , its aggregate power is fixed , meted out by Him by whose infinite power ...
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... extent of the motion of the earth . 14. There is beside the consentaneous motion of the atoms of the mass , or the progressive motion of the mass , an atomic or molecular motion of every atom composing the mass . This proposition will ...
... extent of the motion of the earth . 14. There is beside the consentaneous motion of the atoms of the mass , or the progressive motion of the mass , an atomic or molecular motion of every atom composing the mass . This proposition will ...
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... extent of space they occupy , and the almost boundless range of their motion , the law of force indicated by them becomes intelligible , and is tho object of precise reasoning and of mathematical calculation . If we would understand the ...
... extent of space they occupy , and the almost boundless range of their motion , the law of force indicated by them becomes intelligible , and is tho object of precise reasoning and of mathematical calculation . If we would understand the ...
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... extent and universality of primary laws should be ever present to the mind . How unlike the simplicity of nature , her directness of ac- tion , the far - reaching nature of her laws , is the array of op posing and conflicting forces ...
... extent and universality of primary laws should be ever present to the mind . How unlike the simplicity of nature , her directness of ac- tion , the far - reaching nature of her laws , is the array of op posing and conflicting forces ...
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... extent of surface , as will be explained when we refer to light . Radiant or reflected heat is not reflected or bent by the passage of its rays through a glass lens , but is absorbed by the glass , which becomes heated , and continues ...
... extent of surface , as will be explained when we refer to light . Radiant or reflected heat is not reflected or bent by the passage of its rays through a glass lens , but is absorbed by the glass , which becomes heated , and continues ...
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ascending ascer atmosphere atmospheric pressure atoms barometer believe cach carth cause centre centrifugal force chemical affinity cistern clasticity cohesion column condensation curve degree of force density determined diameter direction distance downward earth electrical elevation equally diffused equilibrium equipoise explained extent fact falling bodies flow fluid force of descent force of impulse force of rotation gives globe greater heat idea impulse increase indicate intensity laws of force level of rotation magnetic mass mathematical maxima and minima measured mechanical philosophy mercury mind molecular action moon move movement nature occan ocean orbit orifice oscillation particles phenomena philosophy piston planets polar poles position pounds present pressure principle progressive motion proportion quantity of matter result revolution rise sensible heat space spare force sphere stone stratum supposed surface theory of gravitation tides tion transfer of force tube vacuum vapor velocity vessel volume weight wheel winds
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Página 5 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them; and that these primitive particles being solids are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them, even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces, no ordinary power being able to...
Página 328 - How exquisitely the individual Mind (And the progressive powers perhaps no less Of the whole species') to the external World Is fitted : — and how exquisitely, too — Theme this but little heard of among men — The external World is fitted to the Mind; And the creation (by no lower name Can it be called) which they with blended might Accomplish : — this is our high argument.
Página 149 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Página 49 - I am induced by many reasons to suspect that they may all depend upon certain forces by which the particles of bodies, by some causes hitherto unknown, are either mutually impelled towards each other, and cohere in regular figures, or are repelled and recede from each other; which forces being unknown, philosophers have hitherto attempted the search of nature in vain...
Página 321 - It is inconceivable, that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it.
Página 102 - I observed that in this lake there is a sort of reflux and flux, almost instantaneous ; the rocks near the banks being covered with water and uncovered again several times in the space of a quarter of an hour, even if the surface of the lake was very calm, with scarce a breath of air. After reflecting some time on this appearance...
Página 321 - ... a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Página 105 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
Página 264 - The sun's rays are the ultimate source of almost every motion which takes place on the surface of the earth. By its heat are produced all winds, and those disturbances in the electric equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the phenomena of lightning, and probably also to those of terrestrial magnetism and the aurora.
Página 42 - ... of a bond of union linking together the visible world and that higher spiritual world which escapes the grasp of the senses.