On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesWilliam Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة x
... effect ; the nature of which effect is to be learnt from the doctrines of Revelation alone . And he has thought it right to say thus much on the general subject of religion , not merely for the purpose of recording his own sentiments ...
... effect ; the nature of which effect is to be learnt from the doctrines of Revelation alone . And he has thought it right to say thus much on the general subject of religion , not merely for the purpose of recording his own sentiments ...
الصفحة xi
... effect of digestion , and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man , and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern , in arts , sciences , and the whole extent of literature ...
... effect of digestion , and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man , and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern , in arts , sciences , and the whole extent of literature ...
الصفحة xv
... Effects of the Motion of the Air , as con- nected with Human Health , & c . 133 X. Effects of the Motion of the Air , as con- nected with the Arts , & c . 144 CHAP . VII . ADAPTATION OF MINERALS TO THE PHY- SICAL CONDITION OF MAN .. 152 ...
... Effects of the Motion of the Air , as con- nected with Human Health , & c . 133 X. Effects of the Motion of the Air , as con- nected with the Arts , & c . 144 CHAP . VII . ADAPTATION OF MINERALS TO THE PHY- SICAL CONDITION OF MAN .. 152 ...
الصفحة 4
... effects of air in the violence of a tornado ; or of water , in the inundation of a rapid river : or let us con- template the effect of either an indefinite dimi- to nution or increase of heat ; on the one hand 4 INTRODUCTION . The ...
... effects of air in the violence of a tornado ; or of water , in the inundation of a rapid river : or let us con- template the effect of either an indefinite dimi- to nution or increase of heat ; on the one hand 4 INTRODUCTION . The ...
الصفحة 5
... effects of condensed electricity in the form of lightning : —and we shall necessarily acknowledge that though in their usual state the constituents of the atmosphere are among the most tranquil agents of nature , yet , when their power ...
... effects of condensed electricity in the form of lightning : —and we shall necessarily acknowledge that though in their usual state the constituents of the atmosphere are among the most tranquil agents of nature , yet , when their power ...
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