Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Հատոր 37,Մաս 1888 |
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... mean " caloric . " This word is still used loosely as a synonyme for heat , but has quite ceased to be the very definite and technical term it once was . To me it has been new to find that this so familiar word " caloric , " so far as ...
... mean " caloric . " This word is still used loosely as a synonyme for heat , but has quite ceased to be the very definite and technical term it once was . To me it has been new to find that this so familiar word " caloric , " so far as ...
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... means so utterly died that it does not ap- pear here and there during the last century , and indeed , not only among philosophers , but even in a popular form . In an old English translation of Father Regnault's compilation on physics ...
... means so utterly died that it does not ap- pear here and there during the last century , and indeed , not only among philosophers , but even in a popular form . In an old English translation of Father Regnault's compilation on physics ...
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... mean heat from non - luminous sources ; and the ability or non- ability of this to pass through glass , is to Leslie and his successors a most crucial test , and its failure to do so a proof that this heat is not affiliated to light ...
... mean heat from non - luminous sources ; and the ability or non- ability of this to pass through glass , is to Leslie and his successors a most crucial test , and its failure to do so a proof that this heat is not affiliated to light ...
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... mean Henry Brougham , the universal critic , the future Lord - chan- cellor of England , of whom it was observed , that , " if he had but known a little law , he would have known a little of everything . " He uses the then all ...
... mean Henry Brougham , the universal critic , the future Lord - chan- cellor of England , of whom it was observed , that , " if he had but known a little law , he would have known a little of everything . " He uses the then all ...
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... means as Berard possessed , and it was not till a dozen years more that Forbes actually proved it . At this time , however fairly we seem embarked on the paths of study which are followed to - day , and while the movement of the main ...
... means as Berard possessed , and it was not till a dozen years more that Forbes actually proved it . At this time , however fairly we seem embarked on the paths of study which are followed to - day , and while the movement of the main ...
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Էջ 336 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Էջ 401 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy Name, and finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Էջ 401 - DIRECT us, O LORD, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name; and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our LORD. Amen.
Էջ xxvii - The objects of the Association are, by periodical and migratory meetings, to promote intercourse between those who are cultivating science in different parts of America, to give a stronger and more general impulse and more systematic direction to scientific research, and to procure for the labors of scientific men increased facilities and a wider usefuiness.
Էջ 242 - I had not formerly sufficiently considered the existence of many structures which appear to be, as far as we can judge, neither beneficial nor injurious; and this I believe to be one of the greatest oversights as yet detected in my work.
Էջ 366 - to memorialize Congress and the several State legislatures upon the importance of promoting the cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests and to recommend proper legislation for securing these objects;
Էջ 4 - Do not all fixed bodies, when heated beyond a certain degree, emit light and shine, and is not this emission performed by the vibrating motions of their parts?
Էջ 341 - He maketh His sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and upon the unjust" — he contends only for the displacement of prayer, not for its extinction.
Էջ 118 - Should any one be skeptical as to the sufficiency of these laws to account for the present state of things, science can furnish no evidence strong enough to overthrow his doubts until the sun shall be found growing smaller by actual measurement, or the nebulae be actually seen to condense into stars and systems.
Էջ 264 - ... no shadow of reason can be assigned for the belief that variations, alike in nature and the result of the same general laws, which have been the groundwork through natural selection of the formation of the most perfectly adapted animals in the world, man included, were intentionally and specially guided.