Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 29Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1967 |
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Page 154
... observations . But , even in the case of astronomy , how vastly more rapid was its progress when , in the hands of Newton , it became a branch of mechanics , by extending to it the experimental laws established by Galileo ! To obtain a ...
... observations . But , even in the case of astronomy , how vastly more rapid was its progress when , in the hands of Newton , it became a branch of mechanics , by extending to it the experimental laws established by Galileo ! To obtain a ...
Page 155
... observations with those made at other points , that a satisfactory result can be obtained . Oftentimes these obser- vations do not exist ; or , if they have been made , they only embrace a small portion of the earth's surface . Yet , in ...
... observations with those made at other points , that a satisfactory result can be obtained . Oftentimes these obser- vations do not exist ; or , if they have been made , they only embrace a small portion of the earth's surface . Yet , in ...
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... observations give the following mean results , in relation to the annual fall of rain : In the tropics , 8.50 feet . In the temperate zones , 3.00 feet . In the frigid zones , 1.25 feet . From this it appears , that the tropics are the ...
... observations give the following mean results , in relation to the annual fall of rain : In the tropics , 8.50 feet . In the temperate zones , 3.00 feet . In the frigid zones , 1.25 feet . From this it appears , that the tropics are the ...
Contents
ARTICLE PAGE I THEORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL | 3 |
THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION | 21 |
IIILA BORDES INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY | 51 |
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