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... less than its velocity in air . The result of M. Foucault's experiments was a velocity of 185,172 miles ; so that taking all the methods into considera- tion , neglecting only M. Fizeau's as subject to important errors from mechanical ...
... less than its velocity in air . The result of M. Foucault's experiments was a velocity of 185,172 miles ; so that taking all the methods into considera- tion , neglecting only M. Fizeau's as subject to important errors from mechanical ...
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... less than two million years ! These facts develop a singular field of contemplation . When we view , in an unclouded night , the starry dome , we are really looking upon a historical chart reaching back into the far - distant ages of ...
... less than two million years ! These facts develop a singular field of contemplation . When we view , in an unclouded night , the starry dome , we are really looking upon a historical chart reaching back into the far - distant ages of ...
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... less than we have sup- posed it ; but as , on the other hand , we can make efficient at the same moment several millions of these molecules collected in the focus of a lens , the mechanical effect produced by the sum of their momenta ...
... less than we have sup- posed it ; but as , on the other hand , we can make efficient at the same moment several millions of these molecules collected in the focus of a lens , the mechanical effect produced by the sum of their momenta ...
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... less than that of the original waves . These inter- ferences are exemplified in the case of the spring and neap tides ; the wave in the former case being the sum , in the latter the dif- ference , of the waves due to the action of the ...
... less than that of the original waves . These inter- ferences are exemplified in the case of the spring and neap tides ; the wave in the former case being the sum , in the latter the dif- ference , of the waves due to the action of the ...
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... less partially polarized . There is a great deal of polarized light in the blue light of the sky , and in the glare from the surface of water . If in the latter case the polar- ized light be intercepted by a plate of tourmaline , the ...
... less partially polarized . There is a great deal of polarized light in the blue light of the sky , and in the glare from the surface of water . If in the latter case the polar- ized light be intercepted by a plate of tourmaline , the ...
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Page 262 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself.
Page 330 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not...
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Page 131 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion "—such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute—" hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person...
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Page 262 - LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of 1he benefit.
Page 413 - There is not, in my opinion, in the whole compass of human affairs, so noble a spectacle as that which is displayed in the progress of jurisprudence ; where we may contemplate the cautious and unwearied exertions of a succession of wise men through a long course of ages ; withdrawing every case as it arises from the dangerous power of discretion, and subjecting it to inflexible rules ; extending the dominion of justice and reason, and gradually contracting, within the narrowest possible limits, the...