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... chemical affinity of oxygen and hydrogen . Thick steam , arising from this heated water and the other matters held in solution , rendered the circum- ference of the earth moist and cloudy . By some inscrutable operation , vapours and ...
... chemical affinity of oxygen and hydrogen . Thick steam , arising from this heated water and the other matters held in solution , rendered the circum- ference of the earth moist and cloudy . By some inscrutable operation , vapours and ...
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... chemical affinity by striking against and breaking up gaseous and other molecules ; in some cases yield up their motion to these molecules , in others glide round them , or pass through the inter - molecular spaces with- out apparent ...
... chemical affinity by striking against and breaking up gaseous and other molecules ; in some cases yield up their motion to these molecules , in others glide round them , or pass through the inter - molecular spaces with- out apparent ...
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... affinity of bodies would be different , and their mutual chemical reactions vary considerably , from what takes place at ordinary temperatures ; so that our conclusions . are , in great part , hypothetical ; those conclusions are as ...
... affinity of bodies would be different , and their mutual chemical reactions vary considerably , from what takes place at ordinary temperatures ; so that our conclusions . are , in great part , hypothetical ; those conclusions are as ...
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... chemical affinity is known , chemical affinity is not known ; the laws of motion seem to be laws of heat , we do not know what is mov- ing nor how it moves ; but our conviction of the existence of the unknown is verified by experiment ...
... chemical affinity is known , chemical affinity is not known ; the laws of motion seem to be laws of heat , we do not know what is mov- ing nor how it moves ; but our conviction of the existence of the unknown is verified by experiment ...
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... Affinity , chemical , 72 . Age of the Earth , 77 ; no divine record of , 417 . Alcyone , 217 . Allotropic forms , 71 . Amia , the grunting fish , 384 . Ancients , their poetic feeling , 454 . Angels , 282 ; fall of , 283 . Animals an ...
... Affinity , chemical , 72 . Age of the Earth , 77 ; no divine record of , 417 . Alcyone , 217 . Allotropic forms , 71 . Amia , the grunting fish , 384 . Ancients , their poetic feeling , 454 . Angels , 282 ; fall of , 283 . Animals an ...
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