The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... seem , from recent researches , to have the greatest influence on the distribution of plants and animals through this great oceanic basin . The distribution of marine plants seems mainly deter- mined by light , temperature , and depth ...
... seem , from recent researches , to have the greatest influence on the distribution of plants and animals through this great oceanic basin . The distribution of marine plants seems mainly deter- mined by light , temperature , and depth ...
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... 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 , however , would be still divisible by their own nature ...
... 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 , however , would be still divisible by their own nature ...
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... seems to be little doubt that an encounter between two vortex atoms would be in its general character similar to ... seem an absurd achievement . We generally suppose that it is of the essence of matter to be the receptacle of momentum ...
... seems to be little doubt that an encounter between two vortex atoms would be in its general character similar to ... seem an absurd achievement . We generally suppose that it is of the essence of matter to be the receptacle of momentum ...
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... seems doubtful whether Lucretius considers gravita- tion to be an essential property of matter , as he seems to assert in the very remarkable lines- " Nam si tantundem est in lanæ glomere , quantum Corporis in plumbo est , tantundem ...
... seems doubtful whether Lucretius considers gravita- tion to be an essential property of matter , as he seems to assert in the very remarkable lines- " Nam si tantundem est in lanæ glomere , quantum Corporis in plumbo est , tantundem ...
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... seems to have found his prudent counsel and sympathy a remedy for all his many troubles . His private life was tranquil and happy . He did not marry till he was 53 years of age , and his only child became the wife of Vipsanius Agrippa ...
... seems to have found his prudent counsel and sympathy a remedy for all his many troubles . His private life was tranquil and happy . He did not marry till he was 53 years of age , and his only child became the wife of Vipsanius Agrippa ...
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