Our Place Among Infinities: A Series of Essays Contrasting Our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around Us. To which are Added Essays on Astrology and the Jewish SabbathH.S. King & Company, 1876 - 323 pagini |
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... matter occupying space , of time and of the processes with which time is occupied , and infinity of energy as necessarily implied by the infinities of matter and of the operations * This essay presents the substance of a lecture ...
... matter occupying space , of time and of the processes with which time is occupied , and infinity of energy as necessarily implied by the infinities of matter and of the operations * This essay presents the substance of a lecture ...
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... matter , —these infinities science brings clearly before us . For science directs our thoughts to the finites to which these infinites correspond . It shows us that there can be no conceivable limits to space or time , and though ...
... matter , —these infinities science brings clearly before us . For science directs our thoughts to the finites to which these infinites correspond . It shows us that there can be no conceivable limits to space or time , and though ...
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... . Assuredly we do not avoid the inconceivable by assuming as at least possible that matter exists only as it affects our perceptions . 1 as was the hope that by increase of telescopic The Past and Future of our Earth . 3.
... . Assuredly we do not avoid the inconceivable by assuming as at least possible that matter exists only as it affects our perceptions . 1 as was the hope that by increase of telescopic The Past and Future of our Earth . 3.
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... matter . I need not here enter at length , for I have already done so elsewhere , into the astronomical evidence in favour of either theory ; but it will be well to present briefly some Among the various forms of nebula ( or star - of ...
... matter . I need not here enter at length , for I have already done so elsewhere , into the astronomical evidence in favour of either theory ; but it will be well to present briefly some Among the various forms of nebula ( or star - of ...
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... matter to form systems as large and as massive as our own , or even far vaster . We know from the teachings of the spectroscope that these irregular nebulæ do really con- sist of glowing gas ( as Sir W. Herschel long since sur- mised ) ...
... matter to form systems as large and as massive as our own , or even far vaster . We know from the teachings of the spectroscope that these irregular nebulæ do really con- sist of glowing gas ( as Sir W. Herschel long since sur- mised ) ...
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Our Place Among Infinities: A Series of Essays Contrasting Our Little Abode ... Richard Anthony Proctor Vizualizare completă - 1876 |
Our Place Among Infinities: A Series of Essays Contrasting Our Little Abode ... Richard Anthony Proctor Vizualizare completă - 1876 |
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Pagina 264 - Our Place among Infinities : A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Pagina 235 - Army of the North German Confederation. A Brief Description of its Organization, of the Different Branches of the Service and their rdle in War, of its Mode of Fighting, &c., &c.
Pagina 192 - Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit?
Pagina 190 - I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-oflerings and sacrifices: But this thing commanded I them, saying, obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you that it may be well with you.
Pagina 189 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Pagina 189 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
Pagina 275 - VYNER (Lady Mary). Every day a Portion. Adapted from the Bible and the Prayer Book, for the Private Devotions of those living in Widowhood.
Pagina 243 - COLLINS (Rev. R.), MA Missionary Enterprise in the East. With special reference to the Syrian Christians of Malabar, and the results of modern Missions. With Four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 6s.
Pagina 256 - BASTIAN, MD, FRS The Brain as an Organ of Mind. Prof. AC RAMSAY, LL.D., FRS Earth Sculpture : Hills, Valleys, Mountains, Plains, Rivers, Lakes ; how they were Produced, and how they have been Destroyed.
Pagina 244 - PROVIDENCE HOUSE. By Mrs. GL Banks. FOR LACK OF GOLD. By Charles Gibbon. ABEL DRAKE'S WIFE. By John Saunders. CORY (Lieu tenant- Colonel Arthur).