British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... resistance , then , of the laws which act on dead matter , is one of the particu lar ideas entering into the general notion of life , which seems , in a more especial manner , to constitute its essence ; for without it life cannot be ...
... resistance , then , of the laws which act on dead matter , is one of the particu lar ideas entering into the general notion of life , which seems , in a more especial manner , to constitute its essence ; for without it life cannot be ...
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... resistance of 50 pounds . The force with which a mus- cle contracts is in a direct ratio with the number of its fibres : but the degree of its contraction , and consequently the ex- tent of motions that it can effect on the limb , is ...
... resistance of 50 pounds . The force with which a mus- cle contracts is in a direct ratio with the number of its fibres : but the degree of its contraction , and consequently the ex- tent of motions that it can effect on the limb , is ...
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... resistance against them , they will both move a con- siderable time longer than they did in the open air ; and the moment that one stops , the other will do so too . This shows that air resists bodies in motion , and that equal bodies ...
... resistance against them , they will both move a con- siderable time longer than they did in the open air ; and the moment that one stops , the other will do so too . This shows that air resists bodies in motion , and that equal bodies ...
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... resistance were revived , and an open and flagrant persecution of the Presbyterians was commenced , which continued to increase , until the triumph of episcopacy was com- pleted by the act of Uniformity , which began to be in force on ...
... resistance were revived , and an open and flagrant persecution of the Presbyterians was commenced , which continued to increase , until the triumph of episcopacy was com- pleted by the act of Uniformity , which began to be in force on ...
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... resistance . In these principles and determinations he found himself supported by the articles of the English creed , and the importunities of numerous hot - headed Jesuits , by whose influence he suffered himself to be almost ...
... resistance . In these principles and determinations he found himself supported by the articles of the English creed , and the importunities of numerous hot - headed Jesuits , by whose influence he suffered himself to be almost ...
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