Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. Being the Substance of XVI Sermons Preached in St. Mary Le Bow-church, London, at the Honble Mr. Boyle's Lectures, in the Years 1711 and 1712. With Large Notes and Many Curious Observations |
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... easily be wrought upon by Iron Tools , yet , being exposed to the Air out of the Mine , it became fo rotten that in Four Days it was eafy to be broken , and crumbled between one's Fingers , Boyl's Suf- pic . about fome hid . Qual . in ...
... easily be wrought upon by Iron Tools , yet , being exposed to the Air out of the Mine , it became fo rotten that in Four Days it was eafy to be broken , and crumbled between one's Fingers , Boyl's Suf- pic . about fome hid . Qual . in ...
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... easily breaks loofe from them ; and if they are humid , in its Paffage , carries along with it Particles , or little Cafes of the Water : which being lighter than Air , are buoyed up thereby , and swim in it ; until by knock- ing ...
... easily breaks loofe from them ; and if they are humid , in its Paffage , carries along with it Particles , or little Cafes of the Water : which being lighter than Air , are buoyed up thereby , and swim in it ; until by knock- ing ...
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... easy and natural Representation may be made of it , by putting a little heap of Sand , Alhes , or a little Loaf of Bread , in a Bafon of Water ; where the Sand will represent the dry Land , or an Ifland , and the Bason of Water the Sea ...
... easy and natural Representation may be made of it , by putting a little heap of Sand , Alhes , or a little Loaf of Bread , in a Bafon of Water ; where the Sand will represent the dry Land , or an Ifland , and the Bason of Water the Sea ...
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... easy Question to be answered by fuch , as held , that all things were made for Man , as most of the Ancients did ; as Ariftotle , Seneca , Cicero and Pliny , ( to name only fome of the chief ) . And Cicero cites it as the celebrated ...
... easy Question to be answered by fuch , as held , that all things were made for Man , as most of the Ancients did ; as Ariftotle , Seneca , Cicero and Pliny , ( to name only fome of the chief ) . And Cicero cites it as the celebrated ...
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... easy Passage ; and others delighting in a firmer and more folid Earth , that will better fecure them against Injuries from without . - CHA P. II . Of the various Strata or Beds obfervable in the Earth . ΤΗ ' HE various Strata or Beds ...
... easy Passage ; and others delighting in a firmer and more folid Earth , that will better fecure them against Injuries from without . - CHA P. II . Of the various Strata or Beds obfervable in the Earth . ΤΗ ' HE various Strata or Beds ...
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