Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyHarper & Bros., 1841 - 236 من الصفحات |
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... complete as in the open air . The mimosa pu- dica ( sensitive plant , ) kept in darkness during the day time , and illuminated during the night , had in three days accom- modated herself to the artificial state , opening in the eve ...
... complete as in the open air . The mimosa pu- dica ( sensitive plant , ) kept in darkness during the day time , and illuminated during the night , had in three days accom- modated herself to the artificial state , opening in the eve ...
الصفحة 30
... complete period of these func- tions is twenty - four hours . Man , in like manner , in all nations and ages , takes his principal rest once in twen- ty - four hours ; and the regularity of this practice seems most suitable to his ...
... complete period of these func- tions is twenty - four hours . Man , in like manner , in all nations and ages , takes his principal rest once in twen- ty - four hours ; and the regularity of this practice seems most suitable to his ...
الصفحة 98
... complete and exact , far more thorough and satisfactory , than the knowledge which we possess in any other department of Natural Philosophy . Our acquaintance with the laws of the solar system is such , that we can calculate the precise ...
... complete and exact , far more thorough and satisfactory , than the knowledge which we possess in any other department of Natural Philosophy . Our acquaintance with the laws of the solar system is such , that we can calculate the precise ...
الصفحة 104
... , and end in the complete subversion and ruin of the system ? If , for instance , the result of this mutual gravitation should be to increase considerably the eccentricity of the earth's orbit 104 The Stability of the Solar System ·
... , and end in the complete subversion and ruin of the system ? If , for instance , the result of this mutual gravitation should be to increase considerably the eccentricity of the earth's orbit 104 The Stability of the Solar System ·
الصفحة 106
... complete as the derangement ; and in the meantime the dis- turbance never attains a sufficient amount seriously to alter the adaptations of the system . * The same examination of the subject by which this is proved , points out also the ...
... complete as the derangement ; and in the meantime the dis- turbance never attains a sufficient amount seriously to alter the adaptations of the system . * The same examination of the subject by which this is proved , points out also the ...
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الصفحة 107 - ... are periodical, and included within narrow limits ; so that the planetary system will only oscillate about a mean state, and will never deviate from it, except by a very small quantity. The ellipses of the planets have been and always will be nearly circular. The ecliptic will never coincide with the equator ; and the entire extent of the variation, in its inclination, cannot exceed three degrees.
الصفحة 197 - And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.