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... ether- waves ' which are regarded universally as the vehicle even unverifiable hypotheses may be great aids to the progress of knowledge , may have a right to be believed with a high degree of as- surance . " ( See article , " Darwin ...
... ether- waves ' which are regarded universally as the vehicle even unverifiable hypotheses may be great aids to the progress of knowledge , may have a right to be believed with a high degree of as- surance . " ( See article , " Darwin ...
Page 114
... ether , why may not the theist , with equal justi- fication , infer from the kosmic phenomena , that he studies , the hypothesis of an invisible , infinite Cre- ator and Guardian ; and if the one hypothesis is not cy 66 to be declared a ...
... ether , why may not the theist , with equal justi- fication , infer from the kosmic phenomena , that he studies , the hypothesis of an invisible , infinite Cre- ator and Guardian ; and if the one hypothesis is not cy 66 to be declared a ...
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... ether , seems inconsistent with the instant , or almost instant , action of gravitation through the greatest distances . The velocity of light through the ether , though exceedingly swift , yet occupies quite an appreciable time ...
... ether , seems inconsistent with the instant , or almost instant , action of gravitation through the greatest distances . The velocity of light through the ether , though exceedingly swift , yet occupies quite an appreciable time ...
Page 141
... ether to press it thus ever inward ? or , if there is nothing , what prevents it , as Sir John Herschel asked , from expanding into infinite space , and losing itself there ? Is it conceivable that this ether , any more than other ...
... ether to press it thus ever inward ? or , if there is nothing , what prevents it , as Sir John Herschel asked , from expanding into infinite space , and losing itself there ? Is it conceivable that this ether , any more than other ...
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... ether - atom , are fully as great as , if not vastly greater than , the intervals of common matter . Subtile , then , as is the hypothesis of an omnipresent ethereal medium , pressing all matter together , the difficulty of action at a ...
... ether - atom , are fully as great as , if not vastly greater than , the intervals of common matter . Subtile , then , as is the hypothesis of an omnipresent ethereal medium , pressing all matter together , the difficulty of action at a ...
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