Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyW. Pickering, 1833 - Всего страниц: 381 |
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... observing the laws of the material universe and their operation , we may hope , in a somewhat similar manner , to be able to direct our judg- ment concerning the government of the universe : concerning the mode in which the elements are ...
... observing the laws of the material universe and their operation , we may hope , in a somewhat similar manner , to be able to direct our judg- ment concerning the government of the universe : concerning the mode in which the elements are ...
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... very complex agencies by which this steadiness is pro- duced ; and shall endeavour to point out inten- tional adaptations to this object . But we may , in the meantime , observe how this property of the atmospheric CLIMATES . 59.
... very complex agencies by which this steadiness is pro- duced ; and shall endeavour to point out inten- tional adaptations to this object . But we may , in the meantime , observe how this property of the atmospheric CLIMATES . 59.
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William Whewell. the meantime , observe how this property of the atmospheric changes is made subservient to a further ... observing that the range of most plants as to climate is very limited . A vege- table which flourishes where the ...
William Whewell. the meantime , observe how this property of the atmospheric changes is made subservient to a further ... observing that the range of most plants as to climate is very limited . A vege- table which flourishes where the ...
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... fluenced by the vehicle in which it is thus car- ried , as we shall hereafter notice ; but at present we have to observe the exceeding utility of water in this shape . We remark how suitable and indispensable 86 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS .
... fluenced by the vehicle in which it is thus car- ried , as we shall hereafter notice ; but at present we have to observe the exceeding utility of water in this shape . We remark how suitable and indispensable 86 TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATIONS .
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... observe that the aerial atmosphere is necessary as a vehicle for the aqueous vapour . Salutary as is the opera- tion of this last element to the whole organized creation , it is a substance which would not have answered its purposes if ...
... observe that the aerial atmosphere is necessary as a vehicle for the aqueous vapour . Salutary as is the opera- tion of this last element to the whole organized creation , it is a substance which would not have answered its purposes if ...
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Стр. 362 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Стр. 314 - And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.
Стр. 108 - Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery...
Стр. 361 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Стр. 149 - These planets are all nearly globular, and all revolve upon their axis. Some of them are accompanied by satellites, or attendant bodies which revolve about them; and these bodies also have their orbits nearly .circular, and nearly in the same plane as the others. Saturn's ring is a solitary example, so far as we know, of such an appendage to a planet. These circular motions of the planets round the sun, and of the satellites round their primary planets, are all kept going by the attraction of the...
Стр. ix - Pounds sterling ; this sum, with the accruing dividends thereon, to be held at the disposal of the President, for the time being, of the Royal Society of London, to be paid to the person or persons nominated by him. The Testator...
Стр. 161 - ... then diminish. The periods which this restoration requires are, for the most part, enormous ; not less than thousands, and, in some instances, millions of years ; and hence it is, that some of these apparent derangements have been going on in the same direction since the beginning of the history of the world. But the restoration is in the sequel as complete as the derangement; and in the meantime the disturbance never attains a sufficient amount seriously to alter the adaptations of the system.*...
Стр. 360 - Insects, can be the effect of nothing else than the Wisdom and Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
Стр. 376 - God, or melior natura; which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.