British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... principle , that when the light is absorbed by a body , it pro- duces a heat proportional to the quantity of absorption . When the instrument is exposed to the solar rays , those rays that are absorbed by the dark colour , heat the ...
... principle , that when the light is absorbed by a body , it pro- duces a heat proportional to the quantity of absorption . When the instrument is exposed to the solar rays , those rays that are absorbed by the dark colour , heat the ...
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... principle , the very source of animal conformation and motion . It has been observed that man degenerates in stature and faculties the nearer he is situated to the frigid zone ; this seems a necessary consequence of that situation , for ...
... principle , the very source of animal conformation and motion . It has been observed that man degenerates in stature and faculties the nearer he is situated to the frigid zone ; this seems a necessary consequence of that situation , for ...
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... principles , he discovered , or imagined he discovered , their worth to consist chiefly in the elegant effusions of their imaginations , their learning , or fortitude in suffering , and this is accom panied with a proviso , that the ...
... principles , he discovered , or imagined he discovered , their worth to consist chiefly in the elegant effusions of their imaginations , their learning , or fortitude in suffering , and this is accom panied with a proviso , that the ...
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... principle ; although it should indicate nothing more than the collection of appearances , which have given rise to its formation . Thus , as our own bodies , and several others , which resemble them more or less strongly in form and ...
... principle ; although it should indicate nothing more than the collection of appearances , which have given rise to its formation . Thus , as our own bodies , and several others , which resemble them more or less strongly in form and ...
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... principle , & c . express any being existing by itself , and inde- pendently of the actions by which it is manifested ; they are only to be consider- ed as denoting the assemblage of powers that animate living bodies , and distinguish ...
... principle , & c . express any being existing by itself , and inde- pendently of the actions by which it is manifested ; they are only to be consider- ed as denoting the assemblage of powers that animate living bodies , and distinguish ...
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