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... called Astral Systems — that is , systems composed of a multitude of stars , bearing a certain relation to each other . The astral system to which we belong , is conceived to be of an oblong , flattish form , with a space wholly or ...
... called Astral Systems — that is , systems composed of a multitude of stars , bearing a certain relation to each other . The astral system to which we belong , is conceived to be of an oblong , flattish form , with a space wholly or ...
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... called them , firmaments , resembling our own . Like light cloudlets to a certain power of the telescope , they resolved themselves , under a greater power , into stars , though these generally seemed no larger than the finest particles ...
... called them , firmaments , resembling our own . Like light cloudlets to a certain power of the telescope , they resolved themselves , under a greater power , into stars , though these generally seemed no larger than the finest particles ...
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... called the Nebular Cosmogony arose with Sir William Herschel , in consequence of the observa- tions which he made regarding a class of heavenly bodies , to which the appellation of nebula had been applied , in reference to their cloud ...
... called the Nebular Cosmogony arose with Sir William Herschel , in consequence of the observa- tions which he made regarding a class of heavenly bodies , to which the appellation of nebula had been applied , in reference to their cloud ...
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... called an experimental verification of this cosmogony , by a living professor , M. Plateau , of Ghent . Divested of technical terms , the experiment was nearly as follows : -Placing a mixture of water and alcohol in a glass box , and ...
... called an experimental verification of this cosmogony , by a living professor , M. Plateau , of Ghent . Divested of technical terms , the experiment was nearly as follows : -Placing a mixture of water and alcohol in a glass box , and ...
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... called elements , or simple substances , because it has hitherto been found im- possible to reduce them into others , wherefore they are presumed to be the primary bases of all matters . It has , indeed , been surmised that these so - ...
... called elements , or simple substances , because it has hitherto been found im- possible to reduce them into others , wherefore they are presumed to be the primary bases of all matters . It has , indeed , been surmised that these so - ...
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admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic belemnites birds bivalve body brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization cloth connexion creation cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons DISEASES distinct earth eocene example existence external fact faculties favour Fcap feet fishes formation fossils gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human hypothesis Ichthyosaur idea Illustrations inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind land language larvæ living mammæ mammalia manner marine matter Medical mental mind mode mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin peculiar phenomena plants portion Post 8vo present principle produced Professor race regard regions remarkable reptiles resemblance respect rocks saurian says Second Edition Sedgwick seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites vegetable vertebrata vertebrate whole
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Page lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Page 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...