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... follow , suggesting accordances rather than associating facts . Such tendencies are common to all doctrines in all times . It is a quality of the human mind to be ever striving at perfection , ever aiming at the acquisition of that ...
... follow , suggesting accordances rather than associating facts . Such tendencies are common to all doctrines in all times . It is a quality of the human mind to be ever striving at perfection , ever aiming at the acquisition of that ...
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... follows that such definite immutability , such mutual proportion- ality , should most rationally be considered as indicating a ponderable ratio between combining elements ; and that the ratio never changing would seem to be indicative ...
... follows that such definite immutability , such mutual proportion- ality , should most rationally be considered as indicating a ponderable ratio between combining elements ; and that the ratio never changing would seem to be indicative ...
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... follow that , in a series of oxygen combina- tions with nitrogen , in which the amount of nitrogen remains fixed , the ratio of progressive increment of oxygen should be a ratio having for its arithmetical basis the number eight , of ...
... follow that , in a series of oxygen combina- tions with nitrogen , in which the amount of nitrogen remains fixed , the ratio of progressive increment of oxygen should be a ratio having for its arithmetical basis the number eight , of ...
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... follows , by a continuation of this line of reason- ing , that if water be a binary compound of atom to atom , not only must the atomic volume of hydrogen but also that of nitrogen , be double the atomic volume of oxygen ; inasmuch as ...
... follows , by a continuation of this line of reason- ing , that if water be a binary compound of atom to atom , not only must the atomic volume of hydrogen but also that of nitrogen , be double the atomic volume of oxygen ; inasmuch as ...
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... follows . If common phosphorus be ignited in the open air , or heated in a vessel to which the access of air is limited , * The systems of classification usually adopted in crystallo- graphy are those of Weiss , Mohs , and Naumann ...
... follows . If common phosphorus be ignited in the open air , or heated in a vessel to which the access of air is limited , * The systems of classification usually adopted in crystallo- graphy are those of Weiss , Mohs , and Naumann ...
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