An Introduction to the Study of Chemical Philosophy: Being a Preparatory View of the Forces which Concur to the Production of Chemical Phenomena |
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... MATTER AND FORCE . § 1. EXPERIENCE , or the repeated evidence of our senses , and the irresistible persuasion of the mind that " like causes will ever produce like effects , " constitute the sound foundation of natural knowledge * . The ...
... MATTER AND FORCE . § 1. EXPERIENCE , or the repeated evidence of our senses , and the irresistible persuasion of the mind that " like causes will ever produce like effects , " constitute the sound foundation of natural knowledge * . The ...
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... matter in a corresponding degree . It deeply concerns the student who proposes to himself to enter upon any branch of such investigations , that he should have a right perception of these truths ; that he should correctly distinguish ...
... matter in a corresponding degree . It deeply concerns the student who proposes to himself to enter upon any branch of such investigations , that he should have a right perception of these truths ; that he should correctly distinguish ...
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... MATTER . Let us endeavour to ascertain and define the meaning of the expressions MATTER and FORCE : the words are of common occurrence ; but have we that distinct notion of them , those clear ideas con- cerning their import , which it ...
... MATTER . Let us endeavour to ascertain and define the meaning of the expressions MATTER and FORCE : the words are of common occurrence ; but have we that distinct notion of them , those clear ideas con- cerning their import , which it ...
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... matter exists : a touch will satisfy us that the parts of some bodies are immovable amongst each other ; that the particles of others are movable with little resist- ance ; while the passing breeze of air will convince us that matter ...
... matter exists : a touch will satisfy us that the parts of some bodies are immovable amongst each other ; that the particles of others are movable with little resist- ance ; while the passing breeze of air will convince us that matter ...
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... matter : -from the smooth flowing of water , and the gentle breathing of the air , we derive a notion of softness which we can scarcely separate from the constitution of their ultimate particles ; but if we take a portion of water in a ...
... matter : -from the smooth flowing of water , and the gentle breathing of the air , we derive a notion of softness which we can scarcely separate from the constitution of their ultimate particles ; but if we take a portion of water in a ...
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Page 761 - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY : being a preparatory View of the Forces which concur to the Production of Chemical Phenomena. By J. FREDERIC DANIELL, FRS Professor of Chemistry in King's College, London ; and Lecturer on Chemistry and Geology in the Hon. East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe ; and Author of Meteorological Essays.
Page 593 - ... the trees, the branches of which extend horizontally over the surface of the water. By their wild cries, and the length of their reeds, they prevent the horses from running away and reaching the bank of the pool. The eels, stunned by the noise, defend themselves by the repeated discharge of their electric batteries.