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... regard to uniformity , I am convinced that the adop- tion of the decimal division of the French scale would be attended with great convenience , both in science and commerce . I 1 * ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . A while we actually ...
... regard to uniformity , I am convinced that the adop- tion of the decimal division of the French scale would be attended with great convenience , both in science and commerce . I 1 * ON THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . A while we actually ...
Pagina 52
... regard to the heat evolved , they were told that , with such a quantity of gun - cotton as would produce a given quantity of gas , a certain initial velocity was imparted to the projectile , and that the heating effect upon the gun was ...
... regard to the heat evolved , they were told that , with such a quantity of gun - cotton as would produce a given quantity of gas , a certain initial velocity was imparted to the projectile , and that the heating effect upon the gun was ...
Pagina 79
... regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension ; a mere drop in the uni- versal sea . We analyze the space in which he is immersed , and which is the vehicle of his power . We pass to other systems and other suns , each pouring ...
... regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension ; a mere drop in the uni- versal sea . We analyze the space in which he is immersed , and which is the vehicle of his power . We pass to other systems and other suns , each pouring ...
Pagina 83
... regard to the point of the compass toward which the water flows . The same cause which throws the water of a river preferentially against its right bank must act of course in every case where masses of matter are in motion along ...
... regard to the point of the compass toward which the water flows . The same cause which throws the water of a river preferentially against its right bank must act of course in every case where masses of matter are in motion along ...
Pagina 86
... regard to the use made of Prof. Miller's theory , Prof. Miller had succeeded in obtaining a numerical expression for the pressure of steam at twelve different measures of the volume occupied by water and steam , which expression the ...
... regard to the use made of Prof. Miller's theory , Prof. Miller had succeeded in obtaining a numerical expression for the pressure of steam at twelve different measures of the volume occupied by water and steam , which expression the ...
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Pagina 170 - It is conceivable that the various kinds of matter, now recognized as different elementary substances, may possess one and the same ultimate or atomic molecule existing in different conditions of movement. The essential unity of matter is an hypothesis in harmony with the equal action of gravity upon all bodies. We know the anxiety with which this point was investigated by Newton, and the care he took to ascertain that every kind of substance, ' metals, stones, woods, grain, salts, animal substances,'...
Pagina 256 - As with an invisible trowel, the mass is divided and subdivided into smaller and smaller portions, until it is reduced to an aggregation of granules not too large to build withal the finest fabrics of the nascent organism. And, then, it is as if a delicate finger traced out the line to be occupied by the spinal column, and moulded the contour of the body...
Pagina 306 - Thus, by means of repeated selection alone, the length of the ears has been doubled, their contents nearly trebled, and the " tillering" power of the seed increased five-fold.
Pagina 288 - The Negro exhibits permanently the imperfect brain, projecting lower jaw, and slender bent limbs of a Caucasian child some considerable time before the period of its birth. The aboriginal American represents the same child nearer birth. The Mongolian is an arrested infant newly born. And so forth.
Pagina 77 - The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that, in the contemplation of them, a certain force of character is requisite to preserve us from bewilderment.