The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... matter of system and study , particularly in regard to diet , which was rigorously prescribed for the athletes by a ... matters per- taining to athletics throughout the United Kingdom . In or mistress of Ptah , the seven cows being the ...
... matter of system and study , particularly in regard to diet , which was rigorously prescribed for the athletes by a ... matters per- taining to athletics throughout the United Kingdom . In or mistress of Ptah , the seven cows being the ...
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... matter assert that the smallest conceivable body has parts , and that whatever has parts may be divided . In ancient times Democritus was the founder of the atomic theory , while Anaxagoras propounded that of con- tinuity , under the ...
... matter assert that the smallest conceivable body has parts , and that whatever has parts may be divided . In ancient times Democritus was the founder of the atomic theory , while Anaxagoras propounded that of con- tinuity , under the ...
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... matter , which by their own nature are indivisible . He seems to admit , however , that the Deity might make certain particles of matter indivisible in this sense , that no creature should be able to divide them . These particles ...
... matter , which by their own nature are indivisible . He seems to admit , however , that the Deity might make certain particles of matter indivisible in this sense , that no creature should be able to divide them . These particles ...
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... matter , and that this matter is all of one kind , having no essential property besides that of extension . All the properties which we perceive in matter he reduces to its parts being movable among one another , and so capable of all ...
... matter , and that this matter is all of one kind , having no essential property besides that of extension . All the properties which we perceive in matter he reduces to its parts being movable among one another , and so capable of all ...
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... matter , of motion , and of heat in gases - have been experimentally investigated , the diffusion of matter by Graham and Loschmidt , the diffusion of motion by Oscar Meyer and Clerk Maxwell , and that of heat by Stefan . These three ...
... matter , of motion , and of heat in gases - have been experimentally investigated , the diffusion of matter by Graham and Loschmidt , the diffusion of motion by Oscar Meyer and Clerk Maxwell , and that of heat by Stefan . These three ...
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