On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, An Illustration of the Advantages which Would Result from a More General Dissemination of Rational and Scientific Information Among All RanksWaugh and Innes, 1833 - 542 Seiten |
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... Vegetable kingdom , 263. Varieties in the Mineral kingdom , 265 . Varieties in Microscopical objects - scales of fishes , feathers of birds , wings of flies , leaves and transverse sections of plants , & c . 268. Numbers and varieties ...
... Vegetable kingdom , 263. Varieties in the Mineral kingdom , 265 . Varieties in Microscopical objects - scales of fishes , feathers of birds , wings of flies , leaves and transverse sections of plants , & c . 268. Numbers and varieties ...
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... vegetable matter , are kept , -from ig- norance of the fact , that during the night , the leaves of trees , and all vegetable matter , perspire a delete- rious air , which , when it has accumulated to a cer- tain degree , may induce a ...
... vegetable matter , are kept , -from ig- norance of the fact , that during the night , the leaves of trees , and all vegetable matter , perspire a delete- rious air , which , when it has accumulated to a cer- tain degree , may induce a ...
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... vegetable , and mineral kingdoms , on the surface of the earth and the ocean , and in the celes- tial regions , -hundreds of new facts would , in all probability , be brought to light , for one that is now discovered by the present ...
... vegetable , and mineral kingdoms , on the surface of the earth and the ocean , and in the celes- tial regions , -hundreds of new facts would , in all probability , be brought to light , for one that is now discovered by the present ...
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... vegetable matter , -in short , that the whole surface of the terraqueous globe , and its interior recesses , be contemplated in every variety of aspect presented to the view of man . The observa- tions hitherto made in reference to such ...
... vegetable matter , -in short , that the whole surface of the terraqueous globe , and its interior recesses , be contemplated in every variety of aspect presented to the view of man . The observa- tions hitherto made in reference to such ...
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... vegetable kingdoms , which lie beyond the natural sphere of human vision , and which the microscope alone can ... vegetables , and mine- rals , there are several facts in natural history which might be more precisely ascertained and ...
... vegetable kingdoms , which lie beyond the natural sphere of human vision , and which the microscope alone can ... vegetables , and mine- rals , there are several facts in natural history which might be more precisely ascertained and ...
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Seite 336 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Seite 335 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Seite 338 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Seite 341 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Seite 380 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Seite 381 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Seite 341 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Seite 414 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Seite 338 - 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...
Seite 234 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power, not one faileth.