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Page vii
... have 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.
... have 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.
Page viii
... me to state that the present volume is to be considered the result of an appre- ciation by others rather than himself of the merits of the lectures embodied in this course . j CHEMISTRY OF THE NON - METALLIC ELEMENTS . ERRATA viii PREFACE .
... me to state that the present volume is to be considered the result of an appre- ciation by others rather than himself of the merits of the lectures embodied in this course . j CHEMISTRY OF THE NON - METALLIC ELEMENTS . ERRATA viii PREFACE .
Page ix
... to contem- plate the immensity of space , and the grandeur of its orbs ; less tangible than astronomy in its first manifestations - chemistry , nevertheless , by the wonder- B which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily.
... to contem- plate the immensity of space , and the grandeur of its orbs ; less tangible than astronomy in its first manifestations - chemistry , nevertheless , by the wonder- B which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily.
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Michael Faraday John Scoffern. which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily taking the place of other sources of information with which Professor Faraday assumed his audience to be acquainted , and to portions of which he ...
Michael Faraday John Scoffern. which are merely to be considered as very un- worthily taking the place of other sources of information with which Professor Faraday assumed his audience to be acquainted , and to portions of which he ...
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... considered as indicating a ponderable ratio between combining elements ; and that the ratio never changing would seem to be indicative of elementary ponderable molecules of determinate * Manchester Phil . Trans . for 1803 . + Dalton's ...
... considered as indicating a ponderable ratio between combining elements ; and that the ratio never changing would seem to be indicative of elementary ponderable molecules of determinate * Manchester Phil . Trans . for 1803 . + Dalton's ...
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