The Microcosm: The Organ of Substantial Philosophy, Том 8Hall & Company, 1891 |
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... give below , at the request of many friends in England , including Drs . Pearce and Audsley , our reply to the chief points of crit- icism urged against Dr. Pearce's arguments in the London Musical Opinion by the eminent Prof. Sedley ...
... give below , at the request of many friends in England , including Drs . Pearce and Audsley , our reply to the chief points of crit- icism urged against Dr. Pearce's arguments in the London Musical Opinion by the eminent Prof. Sedley ...
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... give Dr. Taylor an easier case and one of less complication than a pitch - pipe and see how his slipping - off explanation will meet it : A certain species of locust described by Darwin in his " Origin of Species , " and which is heard ...
... give Dr. Taylor an easier case and one of less complication than a pitch - pipe and see how his slipping - off explanation will meet it : A certain species of locust described by Darwin in his " Origin of Species , " and which is heard ...
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... give the necessary heat thereby to be gener- from a mile to a mile and a half in all direc- ated , as really as if each cubic inch were com- tions . These trifling vibrations , which liberate pressed in a cylinder under the force of a ...
... give the necessary heat thereby to be gener- from a mile to a mile and a half in all direc- ated , as really as if each cubic inch were com- tions . These trifling vibrations , which liberate pressed in a cylinder under the force of a ...
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... give any rational answer to our As positive proof that the increased sound question as to why the fork , with its stem heard by touching the stem of a tuning - fork resting against the piece of wood , should to the sound - board is not ...
... give any rational answer to our As positive proof that the increased sound question as to why the fork , with its stem heard by touching the stem of a tuning - fork resting against the piece of wood , should to the sound - board is not ...
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... the wisdom of the world . Our observations of its phenomena , however , justify us in our attempts to give a definition of its essence .. Preparatory to such an undertaking , we may assume that 6 Vol . VIII . THE MICROCOSM .
... the wisdom of the world . Our observations of its phenomena , however , justify us in our attempts to give a definition of its essence .. Preparatory to such an undertaking , we may assume that 6 Vol . VIII . THE MICROCOSM .
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Стр. 8 - And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Стр. 8 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
Стр. 22 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Стр. 160 - I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind...
Стр. 164 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.
Стр. 7 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Стр. 164 - Why should not Nature take a sudden leap from structure to structure ? On the theory of natural selection, we can clearly understand why she should not; for natural selection acts only by taking advantage of slight successive variations ; she can never take a great and sudden leap, but must advance by short and sure, though slow steps.
Стр. 121 - In the case of water, when the crests of one system of waves coincide with the crests of another system: higher waves will be the result of the coalescence of the two systems. But when the crests of one system coincide with the sinuses, or furrows, of the other system, the two systems, in whole or in part, destroy each other. This mutual destruction of two systems of waves is called interference. The same remarks apply to sonorous waves.
Стр. 147 - Imagine one of the prongs of the vibrating fork swiftly advancing ; it compresses the air immediately in front of it, and when it retreats it leaves a partial vacuum behind, the process being repeated by every subsequent advance and retreat.
Стр. 160 - I declare," says Dr. James Johnson, "my conscientious opinion, founded on long observation and reflection, that if there was not a single physician, surgeon, apothecary, manmidwife, chemist, druggist, or drug, on the face of the earth, there would be less sickness, and less mortality than now obtains.