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Page 104
... collected into the fifth part of my Instauration , ) yet I have no entire or universal theory to propound . For it does not seem that the time is come for such an attempt . Neither can I hope to live to complete the sixth part of the ...
... collected into the fifth part of my Instauration , ) yet I have no entire or universal theory to propound . For it does not seem that the time is come for such an attempt . Neither can I hope to live to complete the sixth part of the ...
Page 105
... collected from books or from my own investigations , is neither sufficiently copious nor verified with sufficient accu- racy to serve the purposes of legitimate interpretation . Accordingly , if there be any one more apt and better pre ...
... collected from books or from my own investigations , is neither sufficiently copious nor verified with sufficient accu- racy to serve the purposes of legitimate interpretation . Accordingly , if there be any one more apt and better pre ...
Page 110
... collected in clusters , and gathered , and then squeezed in the press , and finally purified and clarified in the vat . And therefore it is no wonder if they and I do not think alike . CXXIV . Again , it will be thought , no doubt ...
... collected in clusters , and gathered , and then squeezed in the press , and finally purified and clarified in the vat . And therefore it is no wonder if they and I do not think alike . CXXIV . Again , it will be thought , no doubt ...
Page 131
... collected as to produce even the least degree of warmth . But should this degree of warmth prove too subtle and weak to be perceived and apprehended by the touch , recourse must be had to those glasses which indicate the state of the ...
... collected as to produce even the least degree of warmth . But should this degree of warmth prove too subtle and weak to be perceived and apprehended by the touch , recourse must be had to those glasses which indicate the state of the ...
Page 135
... collected and shut up together , so that their spirits may not breathe out into the air , but may mutually cherish each other ; whereupon there arises a palpable heat , and sometimes flame in suitable matter . To the 18th . 24. On this ...
... collected and shut up together , so that their spirits may not breathe out into the air , but may mutually cherish each other ; whereupon there arises a palpable heat , and sometimes flame in suitable matter . To the 18th . 24. On this ...
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