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... natural . " In the actual development , however , of modern science and its terminology these .two words have come to be restricted each to one of the two great branches into which the knowledge of nature is divided according to its sub ...
... natural . " In the actual development , however , of modern science and its terminology these .two words have come to be restricted each to one of the two great branches into which the knowledge of nature is divided according to its sub ...
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... nature of the body whose motion is studied . This forms a cross division . ( 1 ) Dyna- mics of a particle ; including its kinematics or the theory of the tracing of curves , its statics or the doctrine of forces acting at a point , its ...
... nature of the body whose motion is studied . This forms a cross division . ( 1 ) Dyna- mics of a particle ; including its kinematics or the theory of the tracing of curves , its statics or the doctrine of forces acting at a point , its ...
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... nature tion for dynamical theory ) . ( e ) Polarized light , radiant and immortality of the soul , he proceeds in chapter vii . to heat , & c . ( e ) The disturbance is transverse to the ray . a brief study of physiognomy ( ed . Kühn ...
... nature tion for dynamical theory ) . ( e ) Polarized light , radiant and immortality of the soul , he proceeds in chapter vii . to heat , & c . ( e ) The disturbance is transverse to the ray . a brief study of physiognomy ( ed . Kühn ...
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... natural history , partly because of certain passages of Scripture that they wanted to explain , and partly on account of the divine revelation in the book of nature , of which also it was man's sacred duty to take proper advantage ...
... natural history , partly because of certain passages of Scripture that they wanted to explain , and partly on account of the divine revelation in the book of nature , of which also it was man's sacred duty to take proper advantage ...
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... nature dawned upon the minds of physiologists . It seemed possible to conceive of all living beings as composed of minute organic units , of units whose different actions resulted from their different structural characters , whose ...
... nature dawned upon the minds of physiologists . It seemed possible to conceive of all living beings as composed of minute organic units , of units whose different actions resulted from their different structural characters , whose ...
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