The American Journal of Science and ArtsS. Converse, 1860 - Geology |
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... heat . They seem to me to lead strongly to the conclusion of Murchison and others , that the earth had only then become cool enough to make life possible , and consequently that life must have begun there ; and there cer- tainly we find ...
... heat . They seem to me to lead strongly to the conclusion of Murchison and others , that the earth had only then become cool enough to make life possible , and consequently that life must have begun there ; and there cer- tainly we find ...
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... heat and the correlation of the ordinary physical forces . Among the latter , vitality has no place , and knows no subjection to the laws by which they are governed . All the constituents of organic bodies are formed of organic ...
... heat and the correlation of the ordinary physical forces . Among the latter , vitality has no place , and knows no subjection to the laws by which they are governed . All the constituents of organic bodies are formed of organic ...
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... heat , sometimes even of light , or perhaps of the chemical force , or of that of the nervous energy , in what- ever form of motion the lattter may consist . It is a general truth of the highest importance in the study of the phenomena ...
... heat , sometimes even of light , or perhaps of the chemical force , or of that of the nervous energy , in what- ever form of motion the lattter may consist . It is a general truth of the highest importance in the study of the phenomena ...
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... heat alone ; these would radiate in every direction from the celestial orb , and an exceedingly small portion of them , in com- parison with the whole , would impinge against the surface of our distant planet , would melt the ice first ...
... heat alone ; these would radiate in every direction from the celestial orb , and an exceedingly small portion of them , in com- parison with the whole , would impinge against the surface of our distant planet , would melt the ice first ...
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... heat alone , would , in a short time , cease to exist . pres- Let us next suppose the sun to commence emitting rays of light , in addition to those of heat . These , impinging against the earth , would probably produce some effects of a ...
... heat alone , would , in a short time , cease to exist . pres- Let us next suppose the sun to commence emitting rays of light , in addition to those of heat . These , impinging against the earth , would probably produce some effects of a ...
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