The subject matter of a course of six lectures on the non-metallic elements, arranged by J. Scoffern1853 |
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... means of demonstrating facts not available to the essayist the demonstration of experiment — that mute eloquence of action which silently compresses whole pages of written lore into one short act of manipulation , and renders verbal ...
... means of demonstrating facts not available to the essayist the demonstration of experiment — that mute eloquence of action which silently compresses whole pages of written lore into one short act of manipulation , and renders verbal ...
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... means of collecting , as does the chemist of our own times , the fleeting gaseous elements which are scattered by com- bustion , yet the spiritual intuition of these philoso- phers anticipated in a poetic myth the slower evidence of ...
... means of collecting , as does the chemist of our own times , the fleeting gaseous elements which are scattered by com- bustion , yet the spiritual intuition of these philoso- phers anticipated in a poetic myth the slower evidence of ...
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... means of the cabalistic art and chemistry , health might be re - established , life might be extended , and that even animated beings , homunculi , might be produced . As regards the intro - chemical doctrine , of which he must be ...
... means of the cabalistic art and chemistry , health might be re - established , life might be extended , and that even animated beings , homunculi , might be produced . As regards the intro - chemical doctrine , of which he must be ...
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... means of formulæ . From the earliest ages of civilized antiquity the ultimate composition of material things has been made the subject of speculative contemplation . Whether matter could be divided infinitely without limit , or whe ...
... means of formulæ . From the earliest ages of civilized antiquity the ultimate composition of material things has been made the subject of speculative contemplation . Whether matter could be divided infinitely without limit , or whe ...
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... means of discovering , no direct evidence can be brought to bear in favour of either of these hypotheses : there are not wanting , however , strong presumptions in favour of the atomic volume of oxygen being half that of the atomic ...
... means of discovering , no direct evidence can be brought to bear in favour of either of these hypotheses : there are not wanting , however , strong presumptions in favour of the atomic volume of oxygen being half that of the atomic ...
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