| Physical and metaphysical inquiries - 1806 - 368 Seiten
...according to this view, thpfe neareft the fun may have no more than thofe at the moft remote diftance. We have only to fuppofe the quantity of caloric to...fource which is common to all material powers. The adion of light upon body produces colours ; that of air upon body produces founds. In like manner the... | |
| Daniel Tyerman - 1818 - 548 Seiten
...quantity of caloric to be proportioned to the distance ; and if a small quantity exists in the planet Mercury, no more heat may be excited than is done by a larger quantity in Saturn." To intimate the glory of his own infinite essence, Jehovah represents himself... | |
| Samuel Parkes - 1823 - 722 Seiten
...quantity of caloric to be proportioned to the distance ; and if a small quantity exists in the planet Mercury, no more heat may be excited than is done by a larger quantity in Saturn s. /^f •'•' \ 8 See Millar's Physical and Metaphysical Inquiries, London,... | |
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