Principles of Natural and Metaphysical Philosophy: Intended on a More Ancient, Common-sense, and Popular Plan, and More Consistent Also with Later Improvements that the Cartesian Or Newtonian : Comprimising a Review of Prevailing Systems Now Taught ...Hilliard and Brown, 1829 - 129 páginas |
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... contain no caloric . A thermometer is surely a no more delicate in- strument than a balance , and moonlight may be no colder than fire - light , than hydrogen is lighter than lead , and yet possess caloric . Caloric pervades all bodies ...
... contain no caloric . A thermometer is surely a no more delicate in- strument than a balance , and moonlight may be no colder than fire - light , than hydrogen is lighter than lead , and yet possess caloric . Caloric pervades all bodies ...
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... contain . Thus , if the hand is laid on a piece of iron or a piece of stone , heat passes out of the hand into those ... contains the substance of fire diffused through it , although it be not always perceptible to the touch . This ...
... contain . Thus , if the hand is laid on a piece of iron or a piece of stone , heat passes out of the hand into those ... contains the substance of fire diffused through it , although it be not always perceptible to the touch . This ...
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... containing more or less of its substance according to their quantity of matter , how easy it is to account for electric appearances . Glass and resin discover this fluid more readily than other substances , because they are the worst of ...
... containing more or less of its substance according to their quantity of matter , how easy it is to account for electric appearances . Glass and resin discover this fluid more readily than other substances , because they are the worst of ...
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... contained in it , and puts that fire in motion , and if there be a sufficient quantity of each kind of fire , the body will be inflamed . When the quantity of common fire in the body is small , the quanity of electrical fire should be ...
... contained in it , and puts that fire in motion , and if there be a sufficient quantity of each kind of fire , the body will be inflamed . When the quantity of common fire in the body is small , the quanity of electrical fire should be ...
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... contain most of it in a natural state . Thus , it appears to be owing merely to the natural capacity of loadstone for elementary fire , that it possesses this property . It was once thought , that this property was confined to the ...
... contain most of it in a natural state . Thus , it appears to be owing merely to the natural capacity of loadstone for elementary fire , that it possesses this property . It was once thought , that this property was confined to the ...
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absorb according analogy Anaxagoras animal heat appears Aristotle atmosphere attraction become body burning burning-glass called caloric Cartesian cause cohesion cold colours combustion comet consequently consistency constitutes Creusa decomposition degree Deity Descartes distance distinct earth effects elec electric fire electrified element elementary fire essence of matter evident existence extension fall flame fluid force friction fuel ghost glass gravitation grosser heavens Hence idea immaterial immediate imponderable instance iron Justin Martyr kind latent fire less magnetism material means merely metal metaphysics mind moon motion natural philosophy nature needle observed opposite oxygen particles pass phenomena philosophy planets Plotinus pneumatology principle prism produce pure fire qualities quantity rays reason red-hot reflected repulsion revolve says sensation sense skepticism sort soul sparks spect spirit stance substance substance of fire subtile sun's suppose surface tendency thing tides tion torrid zone tourmaline tricity vapour visible wholly
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Página 122 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Página 89 - And now we might add something concerning a certain most subtle Spirit which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies...
Página 100 - ... and if he were demanded, what is it that solidity and extension adhere in, he would not be in a much better case than the Indian before mentioned who, saying that the world was supported by a great elephant, was asked what the elephant rested on; to which his answer was — a great tortoise: but being again pressed to know what gave support to the broad-backed tortoise, replied — something, he knew not -what.
Página 92 - He is omnipresent, not virtually only but also substantially ; for virtue cannot subsist without substance. In Him are all things contained and moved ; yet neither affects the other. God suffers nothing from the motion of bodies ; bodies find no resistance from the omnipresence of God. It is allowed by all that the supreme God exists necessarily, and by the same necessity He exists always and everywhere.
Página 100 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such finalities which are capable of producing simple ideas in us, which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Página 89 - ... all sensation is excited, and the members of animal bodies move at the command of the will, namely, by the vibrations of this Spirit, mutually propagated along the solid filaments of the nerves, from the outward organs of sense to the brain, and from the brain into the muscles.
Página 124 - Trenmor came, from his hill, at the voice of his mighty son. A cloud, like the steed of the stranger, supported his airy limbs. His robe is of the mist of Lano, that brings death to the people. His sword is a green meteor half- extinguished.
Página 124 - Crugal, or find his lone steps in the heath. I am light as the blast of Cromla, and I move like the shadow of mist. Connal, son of Colgar, I see the dark cloud of death: it hovers over the plains of Lena. The sons of green Erin shall fall. Remove from the field of ghosts.
Página 101 - The same happens concerning the operations of the mind, viz., thinking, reasoning, fearing, etc., which we concluding not to subsist of themselves, nor apprehending how they can belong to body, or be produced by it, we are apt to think these the actions of some other substance, which we call spirit...
Página 100 - Which in truth signifies no more, when so used either by children or men, but that they know not what; and that the thing they pretend to...