Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1871 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 233 - Tra?/en stands a hill, expos'd in air To winter winds, of leafy shadows bare: This once was level ground : but (strange to tell) Th...
Pagina 30 - The propagation of an earnest and sound knowledge of science can therefore alone avert the dangers of which I have spoken. Man cannot act upon nature, or appropriate her forces to his own use, without comprehending their full extent, and having an intimate acquaintance with the laws of the physical world.