 ... •If we could view the universe as a candle not lit, then it is perhaps conceivable to regard it as having been always in existence ; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been...  Quarterly Journal of Science: 1874 - Page 2331874Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Ragg - 1877 - 468 lehte
...a system that had a beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view 'the universe as a CANDLE NOT LIT,...having been always in existence ; but if we regard it as a candle that has been lit we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been burning from eternity,... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1878 - 564 lehte
...a beginning, and must have an end ; for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we regard it as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely...that a time will come when it will cease to burn." Sir W. Thomson writes thus in his joint treatise, with Professor Tait, on Natural Philosophy. " It... | |
 | Borden Parker Bowne - 1879 - 474 lehte
...beginning, and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could regard the universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely... | |
 | Borden Parker Bowne - 1879 - 464 lehte
...beginning, and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could regard the universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely... | |
 | 1880 - 818 lehte
...Appeals to the Unknown. 329 as having always been in existence ; but if we regard it rather as a caudle that has been lit, we become absolutely certain that...eternity, and that a time will come when it will cease to burn."1 " The very fact, therefore, that the large masses of the visible universe are of finite size,... | |
 | 1882 - 1038 lehte
...system that had a beginning and must have an end ; for a process of degradation cannot be eternal It* we could view the universe as a candle not lit, then...conceivable to regard it as having been always in existence ; bat if we regard it rather as .1 candle that has been li;. we become absolutely certain that i: cancel... | |
 | John Masson - 1884 - 292 lehte
...to a certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a Dissipation of Energy. So 'if we could view the Universe as a candle not lit,...that a time will come when it will cease to burn.' 2 Thus Lucretius's belief that old . age and death must necessarily come to the world when its waste... | |
 | John Masson - 1884 - 288 lehte
...a certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a Dissipation of Energy. So ' if we could view the Universe as a candle not lit,...absolutely certain that it cannot have been burning fromi eternity, and that a time will come when it will cease to burn.' 2 Thus Lucretius's belief that... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1884 - 182 lehte
...a system that had a beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view the Universe as a candle not lit, then it is perhaps conceivable to regard * 'The Conservation of Energy.' King and Co., 1873. it as having been always in existence ; but if... | |
 | 1889 - 208 lehte
...a beginning and must have an end : for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could yiew the universe as a candle not lit, then it is perhaps...regard it as having been always in existence: but if regard it rather as a caudle that has been lit. we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been... | |
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