Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic] Present State of Improvement. Describing in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, that They All Co-operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, 3. köideR. Hindmarsh, 1794 |
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... fubject , juft as we can image a colour to ourfelves , without connect- ing in our apprehenfion a fubject with it wherein . it exifts ; a little more of the fame metaphyfics which can prove that nothing is extended , will prove that ...
... fubject , juft as we can image a colour to ourfelves , without connect- ing in our apprehenfion a fubject with it wherein . it exifts ; a little more of the fame metaphyfics which can prove that nothing is extended , will prove that ...
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... fubject to the im- preffions of the fmalleft . But though the units of matter are fo small as to elude our fenfes , it does not therefore follow , that we can have no certain knowledge of them or of their properties . From the knowledge ...
... fubject to the im- preffions of the fmalleft . But though the units of matter are fo small as to elude our fenfes , it does not therefore follow , that we can have no certain knowledge of them or of their properties . From the knowledge ...
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... fubjects is at an end . That , and that only , can be termed an essential property , which is infeparable , even by the imagination , from the fubject to which it is attributed . Every thing elfe is only . phenomenon . G2 I fee I fee ...
... fubjects is at an end . That , and that only , can be termed an essential property , which is infeparable , even by the imagination , from the fubject to which it is attributed . Every thing elfe is only . phenomenon . G2 I fee I fee ...
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... fubject in which it has not been investigated , inftead of making any further progrefs in our knowledge of the material fyftem , we might in- troduce inconfiftency in nature by this fyftem of our own . Gravity is that action by which a ...
... fubject in which it has not been investigated , inftead of making any further progrefs in our knowledge of the material fyftem , we might in- troduce inconfiftency in nature by this fyftem of our own . Gravity is that action by which a ...
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... fubject very far , fuppofing the first matter to be homogeneous , and accommodated to the formation of all forts of bodies indifferently . Matter they conceived to be that elementary conftituent in compofite fubftance , which apper ...
... fubject very far , fuppofing the first matter to be homogeneous , and accommodated to the formation of all forts of bodies indifferently . Matter they conceived to be that elementary conftituent in compofite fubftance , which apper ...
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abfolute afcend againſt alfo aqua fortis arifes atmoſphere avoirdupois axis ballance becauſe body cafe caufe cauſe center of gravity circle confequently confiderable confidered confifts defcend defcribed diameter direction diſtance ecliptic elafticity equal equator faid fame fcrew fecond feet fenfes feven fhall fhew fhould fide firft fituation fixed fluid fmall folid fome fpace fpecific gravity fphere fpring fquare friction ftars ftill ftrength ftroke fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fufpended fuftain fuppofe fupport furface fyftem heavens horizon inches inclined plane increaſe inftance interfection itſelf lefs lever lofes machine mafs meaſure moft motion muft muſt neceffary obferved ofcillation oppofite ounces paffing pendulum philofophers pifton plane pofition pole preffed preffure proportion pullies purpoſe quantity of matter raife raiſed reafon refiftance reft rife ſmall ſpace ſtars thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tube uſed veffel velocity vibrations weft weight wheel whofe
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Page 511 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 511 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 363 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is in this manner divided into about eighteen distinct operations...
Page 363 - But in the way in which this business is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades.
Page 364 - ... the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Page 458 - But the exercise of swimming, said the prince, is very laborious: the strongest limbs are soon wearied. I am afraid the act of flying will be yet more violent; and wings will be of no great use, unless we can fly further than we can swim.
Page 459 - should you envy others so great an advantage? All skill ought to be exerted for universal good; every man has owed much to others and ought to repay the kindness that he has received.
Page 511 - Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 460 - ... waved his pinions a while to gather air, then leaped from his stand, and in an instant dropped into the lake. His wings, which were of no use in the air, sustained him in the water, and the prince drew him to land, half dead with terror and vexation.
Page 12 - ... even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one, in the first creation. While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.