The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen5D. Appleton, 1874 |
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... body in the winged insect having neither tubercles nor granu- lations . These winged insects are most abundant in August and Sep- tember , but may be found as early as the first of July , and until the vines cease growing in the fall ...
... body in the winged insect having neither tubercles nor granu- lations . These winged insects are most abundant in August and Sep- tember , but may be found as early as the first of July , and until the vines cease growing in the fall ...
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... body to be like a vessel that makes for its harbor by means of its own forces ; Leibnitz replied that this is not so impossible as Bayle holds it to be . " There is no doubt , " says he , " that a man might con- struct a machine that ...
... body to be like a vessel that makes for its harbor by means of its own forces ; Leibnitz replied that this is not so impossible as Bayle holds it to be . " There is no doubt , " says he , " that a man might con- struct a machine that ...
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... body , in virtue of a force exerted out to its own limits , though not overstepping them , which excludes all other bodies , and which must therefore be greater than any other given force . Not to men- tion any of the other difficulties ...
... body , in virtue of a force exerted out to its own limits , though not overstepping them , which excludes all other bodies , and which must therefore be greater than any other given force . Not to men- tion any of the other difficulties ...
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... bodies from different combinations of a homogeneous original matter . The origin of these contradictions is readily detected . They have their root in our incapacity to conceive of any thing save what we have experienced by either our ...
... bodies from different combinations of a homogeneous original matter . The origin of these contradictions is readily detected . They have their root in our incapacity to conceive of any thing save what we have experienced by either our ...
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... body and soul in man . All the philosophical schools , as also the fathers of the Church , have had their own opinions upon this matter . The more recent philosophy is less concerned with this question ; but its beginnings in the ...
... body and soul in man . All the philosophical schools , as also the fathers of the Church , have had their own opinions upon this matter . The more recent philosophy is less concerned with this question ; but its beginnings in the ...
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Página 771 - The Association contemplates no interference with the ground occupied by other institutions. Its objects are—to give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry ; to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in différent parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign
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Página 136 - the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ; she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.'
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Página 772 - in different parts of the United State«; to give a stronger and more general impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific research in our country ; and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefulness.
Página 228 - book on the subjection of women strike one with positive amazement. He calls upon us to own that what is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing, the result of forced repression in some directions, of unnatural stimulation in others ; that their character
Página 112 - Philosophical Transactions ' of 1850, we have the results thus stated : 1. ' The quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended ; ' 2. ' The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by 1°
Página 771 - parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers ; to obtain a more general attention to the objects of science, and the removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Página 650 - loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought— " Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the wave, In roarings round the