The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volumen9F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
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... occasion to the prepara- tory work I have already mentioned , which I called An Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy . Its object was to con- sider , 1. The Mechanism of Nature , and , under this head , shew the ...
... occasion to the prepara- tory work I have already mentioned , which I called An Essay on the First Principles of Natural Philosophy . Its object was to con- sider , 1. The Mechanism of Nature , and , under this head , shew the ...
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... occasion to a report , that I had revived . the subtile matter of Descartes , whose hy- pothesis of the Vortices had long been out of repute . But this was not true : I had , indeed , insisted on the reality of a subtile matter ; but ...
... occasion to a report , that I had revived . the subtile matter of Descartes , whose hy- pothesis of the Vortices had long been out of repute . But this was not true : I had , indeed , insisted on the reality of a subtile matter ; but ...
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... occasion for this . Accord- ingly we find , when we examine farther , that the explosive force of gun - powder is , from a blast of air in the nitre , expanded by fire in the sulphur ; and that these are more suddenly kindled and opened ...
... occasion for this . Accord- ingly we find , when we examine farther , that the explosive force of gun - powder is , from a blast of air in the nitre , expanded by fire in the sulphur ; and that these are more suddenly kindled and opened ...
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... occasion to in- troduce the subjects of philosophy , as they were conceived , and are referred to by writers of antiquity among the Greeks and Romans ; to prove and explain how their mythology was a symbolical representation of the ways ...
... occasion to in- troduce the subjects of philosophy , as they were conceived , and are referred to by writers of antiquity among the Greeks and Romans ; to prove and explain how their mythology was a symbolical representation of the ways ...
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... occasion to carry it so far in this volume as I appre- hend it will go when duly applied . * The Philosophers of Europe have now been making experiments professedly , and with every possible advantage , for above an hun- dred years ...
... occasion to carry it so far in this volume as I appre- hend it will go when duly applied . * The Philosophers of Europe have now been making experiments professedly , and with every possible advantage , for above an hun- dred years ...
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