The Reason Why: General Science: A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, are Imperfectly Understood. A Book of Condensed Scientific Knowledge for the MillionDick & Fitzgerald, 1860 - 319 pages |
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... NATURAL HISTORY , " " " THAT'S IT , OR PLAIN TEACHING , " " THE CORNER CUPBOARD , " Rober · This collection of useful ... Nature , relating to air , animals , atmosphere , caloric , chemistry , ventilation , materia medica , meteorology ...
... NATURAL HISTORY , " " " THAT'S IT , OR PLAIN TEACHING , " " THE CORNER CUPBOARD , " Rober · This collection of useful ... Nature , relating to air , animals , atmosphere , caloric , chemistry , ventilation , materia medica , meteorology ...
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... nature , or convey religious truth . But both religion and morals will find in the diffusion of knowledge a ground - work upon which their loftier temples may discover an acceptable foundation . The man who comprehends the order of Nature ...
... nature , or convey religious truth . But both religion and morals will find in the diffusion of knowledge a ground - work upon which their loftier temples may discover an acceptable foundation . The man who comprehends the order of Nature ...
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... Nature correctly . He discovered that her atoms were letters , her blades of grass were words , her phenomena were sentences , and her complete volume a grand poem , teaching on every page the wisdom and the power of an Almighty Creator ...
... Nature correctly . He discovered that her atoms were letters , her blades of grass were words , her phenomena were sentences , and her complete volume a grand poem , teaching on every page the wisdom and the power of an Almighty Creator ...
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... Nature teaches , because they can attach no meaning to what they see or hear . " THE REASON WHY " is offered as an interpreter of many of Nature's utterances . Great care has been taken that these in- terpretations may be consistent ...
... Nature teaches , because they can attach no meaning to what they see or hear . " THE REASON WHY " is offered as an interpreter of many of Nature's utterances . Great care has been taken that these in- terpretations may be consistent ...
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... nature Colours , remarks upou Combustion , what takes place during Combustion , how many kinds are there ... ... 471 501 48 93 Conductors of heat , what sub- stances are good 110 Conductors of heat , why do bad conductors readily ignite ...
... nature Colours , remarks upou Combustion , what takes place during Combustion , how many kinds are there ... ... 471 501 48 93 Conductors of heat , what sub- stances are good 110 Conductors of heat , why do bad conductors readily ignite ...
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Page 113 - He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Page 62 - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 250 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, And make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, Upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, And her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
Page 268 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 303 - And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
Page 157 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 152 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 85 - And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor ; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Page 156 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 249 - And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.