VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d edD. Appleton and Company, 1859 - Science |
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... Character . - Smith . Sect . 4. Advances in Palæontology . - Cuvier ......... .. 511 513 515 517 Sect . 5. Intellectual Characters of the Founders of Systematic Descriptive Geology . 520 CHAPTER III . - SEQUEL TO THE FORMATION OF ...
... Character . - Smith . Sect . 4. Advances in Palæontology . - Cuvier ......... .. 511 513 515 517 Sect . 5. Intellectual Characters of the Founders of Systematic Descriptive Geology . 520 CHAPTER III . - SEQUEL TO THE FORMATION OF ...
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... character which sounds possess according to the room in which they are uttered , shows that large masses of air have peculiar modes of vibration . Vibrations are generally accompanied by sound , and they may , therefore , be considered ...
... character which sounds possess according to the room in which they are uttered , shows that large masses of air have peculiar modes of vibration . Vibrations are generally accompanied by sound , and they may , therefore , be considered ...
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... character , and have less employ- ed the minds of men , than those of Astronomy ; and it will not be necessary to exhibit them in this detailed manner , till we come to the great generalization by which the theory was established . I ...
... character , and have less employ- ed the minds of men , than those of Astronomy ; and it will not be necessary to exhibit them in this detailed manner , till we come to the great generalization by which the theory was established . I ...
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... character of an inductive philosopher , he showed consi- derable skill in tracing the consequences of the principle when once adopted . In particular we must consider him as the genuine author of the explanation of the rainbow . It is ...
... character of an inductive philosopher , he showed consi- derable skill in tracing the consequences of the principle when once adopted . In particular we must consider him as the genuine author of the explanation of the rainbow . It is ...
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... character which led to his singularly unphilosophical views on this subject . One important cir- 17 Farbenlehre , § 150 , p . 151 . 10 Ib . § 227 . 20 Ib . § 238 . 18 Ib . § 223 . 31 Ib . § 239 . cumstance is , that he appears , like ...
... character which led to his singularly unphilosophical views on this subject . One important cir- 17 Farbenlehre , § 150 , p . 151 . 10 Ib . § 227 . 20 Ib . § 238 . 18 Ib . § 223 . 31 Ib . § 239 . cumstance is , that he appears , like ...
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