Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 13Victoria Institute., 1880 |
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... observed that papers upon geological questions held to have a bearing upon the statements of Scripture , form a special feature in the present volume . For some years the Institute has encouraged research bearing upon the question of ...
... observed that papers upon geological questions held to have a bearing upon the statements of Scripture , form a special feature in the present volume . For some years the Institute has encouraged research bearing upon the question of ...
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... observation , fact , and deduction , and is little aided by conjecture , however plausible . Let us strive first to exhaust the range of normal causation in existing nature , and even then continue to work and watch , rather than fall ...
... observation , fact , and deduction , and is little aided by conjecture , however plausible . Let us strive first to exhaust the range of normal causation in existing nature , and even then continue to work and watch , rather than fall ...
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... observed limits , since a small part of any curve does not vary widely from the line which joins its extreme points . In many cases the error may not be great for parts which lie beyond this limit , on one side at least . But let a ...
... observed limits , since a small part of any curve does not vary widely from the line which joins its extreme points . In many cases the error may not be great for parts which lie beyond this limit , on one side at least . But let a ...
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... observations of precession and polar distance satis- fied from Tycho down to the present day , if we assume the pole ... observations , which range over only four centuries . But this is a striking example of the danger of trusting to a ...
... observations of precession and polar distance satis- fied from Tycho down to the present day , if we assume the pole ... observations , which range over only four centuries . But this is a striking example of the danger of trusting to a ...
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... observations of four centuries . much better than a simple average , which is of the first order only . But it will wholly mislead when carried beyond those limits ; for the true curve of the earth's pole projected on the celestial ...
... observations of four centuries . much better than a simple average , which is of the first order only . But it will wholly mislead when carried beyond those limits ; for the true curve of the earth's pole projected on the celestial ...
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