The Microcosm: The Organ of Substantial Philosophy, Том 8Hall & Company, 1891 |
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... supposed , of drawing electric fluid direct from the surrounding air , the ground , or the waters of ocean , lake or river , without the application of mechanical force as now required , the ultimathule of all human achievement and ...
... supposed , of drawing electric fluid direct from the surrounding air , the ground , or the waters of ocean , lake or river , without the application of mechanical force as now required , the ultimathule of all human achievement and ...
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... supposed heat disturbance of the ether , though the air , in the case of sound , is agitated slightly by the vibrating body and in exact proportion to its size and width of swing , just as the ether would be disturbed by the heat ...
... supposed heat disturbance of the ether , though the air , in the case of sound , is agitated slightly by the vibrating body and in exact proportion to its size and width of swing , just as the ether would be disturbed by the heat ...
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... supposed swift movement of the prongs of the tuning - fork as compared to that of the pendulum . He says : " The pendulum swings from right to left with a uni- form motion . Near to either end of its path it moves slowly , and in the ...
... supposed swift movement of the prongs of the tuning - fork as compared to that of the pendulum . He says : " The pendulum swings from right to left with a uni- form motion . Near to either end of its path it moves slowly , and in the ...
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... supposed to be purely mechanical in their operation , striking any and all objects in their way with the same force according to resisting surface . On the contrary , pulses of sound force are supposed to act on no material object that ...
... supposed to be purely mechanical in their operation , striking any and all objects in their way with the same force according to resisting surface . On the contrary , pulses of sound force are supposed to act on no material object that ...
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... supposed that the death of Christ was not only a bruising of the serpent's head , but also a satisfactory settlement of the serpent's conceded claim upon the services and the spoils of humanity . This was a mistake . Satan's power over ...
... supposed that the death of Christ was not only a bruising of the serpent's head , but also a satisfactory settlement of the serpent's conceded claim upon the services and the spoils of humanity . This was a mistake . Satan's power over ...
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absolute according action admit air-particles air-pulses air-waves annular argument Audsley body canopy cause claim compression condensations and rarefactions Darwin discovery disease dyspepsia earth effect energy entity existence fact force fork four cubic miles GEORGE ASHDOWN AUDSLEY give Hæckel Hall's Health-Pamphlet heat heaven Helmholtz immaterial inch insect light locust logical lymph material matter mechanical ment mental MICROCOSM mind molecules motion motion-theories moving natural selection organic Park Row particle physical Problem of Human produce Prof Professor prong prove pulse rarefactions reader reason reply result ROBERT ROGERS scientific Sedley Taylor serpent sonorous sound-board sound-pulses sound-waves stridulating substance Substantial Philosophy Substantial Theory sympathetic vibration teaching text-book Theistic evolution theory of acoustics theory of sound thing tion treatment tricity truth tuning-fork tympanic membrane Tyndall Typhon velocity vibrating vital wave wave-theory of sound WILFORD HALL Wood writes York Post
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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.