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 FacultiesCarey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835 - 280 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vii
... object of the Treatise itself to unfold a train of facts , not to maintain an argument ; to give a general view of the adaptation of the external world to the physical condition of man , not to attempt formally to convince the reader ...
... object of the Treatise itself to unfold a train of facts , not to maintain an argument ; to give a general view of the adaptation of the external world to the physical condition of man , not to attempt formally to convince the reader ...
الصفحة viii
... objects which surround us in our pres- ent state of existence , and which are so obviously intended to advance the general powers and faculties of Man , without ad- vancing the powers and faculties of any other animal , are purposely ...
... objects which surround us in our pres- ent state of existence , and which are so obviously intended to advance the general powers and faculties of Man , without ad- vancing the powers and faculties of any other animal , are purposely ...
الصفحة xi
... objects of the eternal world , CHAP . VI . ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE WANTS OF MAN , SECT . I. The general constitution of the Atmosphere , ib . 66 69 II . Light , 71 III . Heat , 79 IV . The general Uses of Water , 87 V. Baths ...
... objects of the eternal world , CHAP . VI . ADAPTATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE WANTS OF MAN , SECT . I. The general constitution of the Atmosphere , ib . 66 69 II . Light , 71 III . Heat , 79 IV . The general Uses of Water , 87 V. Baths ...
الصفحة 15
... objects of that external world by which man is surrounded are usually distributed into three kingdoms , as they are called ; the animal , vegetable and mineral : but for the purpose of this treatise it will be necessary to take into our ...
... objects of that external world by which man is surrounded are usually distributed into three kingdoms , as they are called ; the animal , vegetable and mineral : but for the purpose of this treatise it will be necessary to take into our ...
الصفحة 30
... objects presented to it ; with their anatomy , as it were , rather than with their physiology : but , in the mean time , it is thus acquainting itself undistractedly with those sensible qualities , with which it must ne- cessarily be ...
... objects presented to it ; with their anatomy , as it were , rather than with their physiology : but , in the mean time , it is thus acquainting itself undistractedly with those sensible qualities , with which it must ne- cessarily be ...
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