The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of NatureReeve, Benham & Reeve, 1849 - Всего страниц: 463 |
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The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature Robert Hunt Полный просмотр - 1848 |
The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature Robert Hunt Полный просмотр - 1849 |
The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature Robert Hunt Полный просмотр - 1848 |
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Стр. 350 - There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Стр. 477 - Trans., with Notes, by T. Ross. 3 vols. Views of Nature ; or, Contemplations of the Sublime Phenomena of Creation, with Scientific Illustrations. Trans, by EC Otte.
Стр. iii - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Стр. 201 - ... so far as we know, be independent of every other ; for it is only in virtue of each being supposed to be an ultimate property or to point to an ultimate property that it has any claim to be taken into the account. Thus, if any two of the properties are found to be joint effects of the same cause or to stand to each other in the relation of cause and effect, they furnish only one argument instead of two.
Стр. 415 - These infinite groups of atoms, flying through all time and space in different directions, and under different laws, have interchangeably tried and exhibited every possible mode of rencounter ; sometimes repelled from each other by concussion, and sometimes adhering to each other from their own jagged or pointed construction, or from the casual interstices which two or more connected atoms must produce, and which may be just adapted to those of other figures, as globular, oval, or square. Hence,...
Стр. 308 - geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy...
Стр. 333 - Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls...
Стр. 35 - ... modern terms, they knew the " law of the inverse ratio of the square of the distance from the centre of the revolution." Some have thought, that in Empedocles's system the foundation of Newton's was to be found ; imagining, that under the name of