The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1808 - English literature |
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... matter and motion may be understood without the use of diagrams , still geometrical ideas are perpetually involved in these discussions , and those who are totally without them must be contented to remain in darkness , with regard to ...
... matter and motion may be understood without the use of diagrams , still geometrical ideas are perpetually involved in these discussions , and those who are totally without them must be contented to remain in darkness , with regard to ...
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... matter , is the second division of Dr. Young's lectures . Under this general head are comprehended hydrostatics , acoustics , and optics . The latter science has commonly fallen under a different ar- rangement , but Dr. Young has chosen ...
... matter , is the second division of Dr. Young's lectures . Under this general head are comprehended hydrostatics , acoustics , and optics . The latter science has commonly fallen under a different ar- rangement , but Dr. Young has chosen ...
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... Matter ; ' On Cohesion ; ' On the Sources and Effects of Heat ; ' On the Measures and the Nature of Heat ; ' ` On Electricity in Equilibrium ; ' On Electricity in Motion ; ' • On Magnetism ; ' On Climates and Winds ; ' On Aqueous and ...
... Matter ; ' On Cohesion ; ' On the Sources and Effects of Heat ; ' On the Measures and the Nature of Heat ; ' ` On Electricity in Equilibrium ; ' On Electricity in Motion ; ' • On Magnetism ; ' On Climates and Winds ; ' On Aqueous and ...
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... matter heated to the saine degree , or the same quantity of matter heated to such a degree as experiment shows to be equivalent to the former . At the end of the descriptive or demonstrative lectures , " Dr. Young has devoted one to the ...
... matter heated to the saine degree , or the same quantity of matter heated to such a degree as experiment shows to be equivalent to the former . At the end of the descriptive or demonstrative lectures , " Dr. Young has devoted one to the ...
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... matter , was not found adequate to destroy the existence of sugar in the urine ; for when the sensible qualities of ... matter in diabetic urine , is , for the most part , in proportion to the violence and severity of the disease ...
... matter , was not found adequate to destroy the existence of sugar in the urine ; for when the sensible qualities of ... matter in diabetic urine , is , for the most part , in proportion to the violence and severity of the disease ...
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Page 312 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 543 - Britain independent of commerce ; or proofs, deduced from an investigation into the true causes of the wealth of nations, that our riches, prosperity, and power are derived from sources inherent in ourselves, and would not be affected, even though our commerce were annihilated.
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Page 252 - By a perpetual monopoly, all the other subjects of the state are taxed very absurdly in two different ways; first, by the high price of goods, which, in the case of a free trade, they could buy much cheaper ; and, secondly, by their total exclusion from a branch of business which it might be both convenient and profitable for many of them to carry on.
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Page 142 - I have no idea of it, even if the head were of much more consequence than I feel it to be. The true post of honour consists in the discharge of those duties, whatever they happen to be, which arise from that situation in which Providence has fixed us, and which we may be assured is the very situation best calculated for virtue and our happiness.
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