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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... globe is curvilinear . So from any one point to another , in , on , and about the earth , the moving body takes the curved line . In the old philo- sophy , circular motion was deemed the natural motion ; but the new philosophy conceives ...
... globe is curvilinear . So from any one point to another , in , on , and about the earth , the moving body takes the curved line . In the old philo- sophy , circular motion was deemed the natural motion ; but the new philosophy conceives ...
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... globe , in a spiral direction from the equator to the poles , the two extremities being turned inwards , brought out at the two axes , by which the connec- tion may be made with the battery . A magnetic needle properly suspended in ...
... globe , in a spiral direction from the equator to the poles , the two extremities being turned inwards , brought out at the two axes , by which the connec- tion may be made with the battery . A magnetic needle properly suspended in ...
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... globe , as it has been called , has undulatory motion . We think that we shall be able , as we proceed , to establish the fact , that the barometer indicates , not the density of the atmosphere and consequently the level of rotation ...
... globe , as it has been called , has undulatory motion . We think that we shall be able , as we proceed , to establish the fact , that the barometer indicates , not the density of the atmosphere and consequently the level of rotation ...
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... globe is no more stable or firm comparatively than is a heap of saw- dust which is floating on the surface of the water . This is a strong metaphor , but he drew his inference from a suppo- sition which we are far from believing , from ...
... globe is no more stable or firm comparatively than is a heap of saw- dust which is floating on the surface of the water . This is a strong metaphor , but he drew his inference from a suppo- sition which we are far from believing , from ...
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... globe , taking place either periodically , or as it were incidentally . Nor are we limited to science for our proofs of mutation . Science may point to the barometer as indica- tive of these changes ; she may show the earthquake and the ...
... globe , taking place either periodically , or as it were incidentally . Nor are we limited to science for our proofs of mutation . Science may point to the barometer as indica- tive of these changes ; she may show the earthquake and the ...
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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.