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Spirit of nitre , for instance , having diffolved copper , shoots into hexagonal
crystals ; the same having diffolved iron , shoots into irreguJar squaress and
again , having diffolved silver , forms thin crystals of a triangular figure . 132 . ,
Homberg ...
Spirit of nitre , for instance , having diffolved copper , shoots into hexagonal
crystals ; the same having diffolved iron , shoots into irreguJar squaress and
again , having diffolved silver , forms thin crystals of a triangular figure . 132 . ,
Homberg ...
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In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
In the same sense may not fire be said to have force , to operate , and agitate the
whole system of the world , which is held together and informed by one presiding
mind , and animated throughout by one and the same fiery substance , as an ...
Page 123
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule must proceed from something that understands the rule ; therefore , if not
from the ...
The same may be said of the fingers of a musician , which some object to be
moved by habit which understands not ; it being evident , that what is done by
rule must proceed from something that understands the rule ; therefore , if not
from the ...
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For instance , in the eleventh book speaking of corporeal sensible things , What
wonder , faith he , if they never appear to us the same , no more than to lick men ,
fince we are always changing , and never remain the same our felves ?
For instance , in the eleventh book speaking of corporeal sensible things , What
wonder , faith he , if they never appear to us the same , no more than to lick men ,
fince we are always changing , and never remain the same our felves ?
Page 163
It is very remarkable , that in the account of the creation contained in the same
piece , it is said that God was pleased with his work , and that the night is placed
before the day . The more we think , the more difficult shall we find it to conceive ...
It is very remarkable , that in the account of the creation contained in the same
piece , it is said that God was pleased with his work , and that the night is placed
before the day . The more we think , the more difficult shall we find it to conceive ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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