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... acted in rendering the lectures themselves ; and it equally applies as accounting for the existence of those parts of the volume which are my own : parts which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily PREFACE . vii.
... acted in rendering the lectures themselves ; and it equally applies as accounting for the existence of those parts of the volume which are my own : parts which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily PREFACE . vii.
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... existence . It would be ungrateful in the chemical philosopher of the present day to contemn utterly the striving of the alchemists . Many of these enthusiasts there were who shadowed forth in their hyperbolic phrases the sterner facts ...
... existence . It would be ungrateful in the chemical philosopher of the present day to contemn utterly the striving of the alchemists . Many of these enthusiasts there were who shadowed forth in their hyperbolic phrases the sterner facts ...
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... existence , shatters the opinion on which our absolute repudiation of the doctrine of transmutation was based . Chemists now regard the idea of transmutation , not so much in the sense of being absolutely , essentially false , as a ...
... existence , shatters the opinion on which our absolute repudiation of the doctrine of transmutation was based . Chemists now regard the idea of transmutation , not so much in the sense of being absolutely , essentially false , as a ...
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... a modification of mercury and bismuth . He admitted the existence of other elastic fluids besides atmospheric air , specially alluding to hydrochloric acid gas , and sulphurous acid gas , both 12 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
... a modification of mercury and bismuth . He admitted the existence of other elastic fluids besides atmospheric air , specially alluding to hydrochloric acid gas , and sulphurous acid gas , both 12 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
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... existence of the Archæus , a spirit or dæmon , whose duty it was to superintend the functions of animal digestion and secretion . In other matters , too , he was deeply tinc- tured with spiritualism , —but the introduction by him of a ...
... existence of the Archæus , a spirit or dæmon , whose duty it was to superintend the functions of animal digestion and secretion . In other matters , too , he was deeply tinc- tured with spiritualism , —but the introduction by him of a ...
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