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... PHENOMENA OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES . PAGE 161 163 165 SECTION 1. Statical Phenomena Two classes of phenomena Planetary distances . 167 167 167 Form and size . Planetary atmospheres Earth's form and size Means of discovery Planetary ...
... PHENOMENA OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES . PAGE 161 163 165 SECTION 1. Statical Phenomena Two classes of phenomena Planetary distances . 167 167 167 Form and size . Planetary atmospheres Earth's form and size Means of discovery Planetary ...
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... phenomena , each of which excludes the others . The first is the necessary point of departure of the human understanding ; and the third is its fixed and definitive state . The second is merely a state of transition . In the theological ...
... phenomena , each of which excludes the others . The first is the necessary point of departure of the human understanding ; and the third is its fixed and definitive state . The second is merely a state of transition . In the theological ...
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... phenomena , instead of the multitude of entities at first supposed . In the same way , again , the ultimate perfection of the Positive system would be ( if such perfection could be hoped for ) to represent all phenomena as particular ...
... phenomena , instead of the multitude of entities at first supposed . In the same way , again , the ultimate perfection of the Positive system would be ( if such perfection could be hoped for ) to represent all phenomena as particular ...
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... phenomena , -should be the first to occur in a primitive state , while those which are really within our reach are regarded as almost unworthy of serious study . The reason is evident enough : -that experience alone can teach us the ...
... phenomena , -should be the first to occur in a primitive state , while those which are really within our reach are regarded as almost unworthy of serious study . The reason is evident enough : -that experience alone can teach us the ...
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... phenomena , with a view to the confirmation or rejection of a theory . But it could not be so in the earliest days ; and it is to the chimeras of astrology and alchemy that we owe the long series of observations and experiments on which ...
... phenomena , with a view to the confirmation or rejection of a theory . But it could not be so in the earliest days ; and it is to the chimeras of astrology and alchemy that we owe the long series of observations and experiments on which ...
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