The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 1Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... animalcules , which are the object of microscopic vision . " In the 148th Psalm , not only the angelic choirs , and the whole human race , but even the celestial bodies , and all the inanimate world below , are ex- horted , by a noble ...
... animalcules , which are the object of microscopic vision . " In the 148th Psalm , not only the angelic choirs , and the whole human race , but even the celestial bodies , and all the inanimate world below , are ex- horted , by a noble ...
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... animalcules , germs , seeds , and flowers Live , in their perfect shapes , the little pow'rs . Vast trees lie pictured in their slend'rest grains : Armies one wat'ry globule contains . The artificial convex will reveal The forms ...
... animalcules , germs , seeds , and flowers Live , in their perfect shapes , the little pow'rs . Vast trees lie pictured in their slend'rest grains : Armies one wat'ry globule contains . The artificial convex will reveal The forms ...
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... animalcule , the general name of these creatures , is a diminutive of animal ; expressing such a minute creature , as is either scarcely , or not at all , to be discerned by the naked eye . Such are those numerous insects , which crowd ...
... animalcule , the general name of these creatures , is a diminutive of animal ; expressing such a minute creature , as is either scarcely , or not at all , to be discerned by the naked eye . Such are those numerous insects , which crowd ...
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... animalcules , which , in all proba . bility , serves for food to the pulices aquatici . The microscope discovers legions of animalcules in most liquors , as water , wine , vinegar , beer , dew , & c . In the Philosophical Transactions ...
... animalcules , which , in all proba . bility , serves for food to the pulices aquatici . The microscope discovers legions of animalcules in most liquors , as water , wine , vinegar , beer , dew , & c . In the Philosophical Transactions ...
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... animal- cules exist , but are also enabled in some degree , to determine their shapes , and the various pecu- liarities of their motion . In a word , the contem- plation of animalcules has made the ideas of infi- nitely small bodies ...
... animal- cules exist , but are also enabled in some degree , to determine their shapes , and the various pecu- liarities of their motion . In a word , the contem- plation of animalcules has made the ideas of infi- nitely small bodies ...
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