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... Genii , Paracelsus attached to each natural object its own familiar spirit , to which he gave the name of Olympian spirit . Hence arose the sup- posed relation between man and various natural objects ; and GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 11.
... Genii , Paracelsus attached to each natural object its own familiar spirit , to which he gave the name of Olympian spirit . Hence arose the sup- posed relation between man and various natural objects ; and GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 11.
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Michael Faraday John Scoffern. posed relation between man and various natural objects ; and this belief , so long admitted , it was that attributed to certain substances qualities having reference to their natural forms . It will be ...
Michael Faraday John Scoffern. posed relation between man and various natural objects ; and this belief , so long admitted , it was that attributed to certain substances qualities having reference to their natural forms . It will be ...
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... relation of electricity to the force which holds oxygen in combination with hydrogen , it must be accepted in the light of an ultimate fact , that the quan- tity of electricity involved in the decomposition , is an $ exponent of that ...
... relation of electricity to the force which holds oxygen in combination with hydrogen , it must be accepted in the light of an ultimate fact , that the quan- tity of electricity involved in the decomposition , is an $ exponent of that ...
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... relations first indicated by M. Dumas ; relations which promise to make known in a future era some remarkable connections existing between the chemical qualities of bodies and their mathematical exponents . * Allotropism . Ozone . The ...
... relations first indicated by M. Dumas ; relations which promise to make known in a future era some remarkable connections existing between the chemical qualities of bodies and their mathematical exponents . * Allotropism . Ozone . The ...
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... developed by Priestley , and as beautifully illustrating by analysis the composition of oxides . Α very curious circumstance in relation to the oxide At a certain tem- of mercury may here be indicated 56 INTRODUCTION TO LECTURE I.
... developed by Priestley , and as beautifully illustrating by analysis the composition of oxides . Α very curious circumstance in relation to the oxide At a certain tem- of mercury may here be indicated 56 INTRODUCTION TO LECTURE I.
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