 | William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...which I shall offer, respect that little which we seem to know of its- constitution. Light travels from the sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged by such a velocity, with what force must its particles drive against, I will not say the eye,... | |
 | William Paley - God - 1811 - 574 pages
...therefore, which I shall offer, respect that little which we seem to know of its constitution. Light travels from the sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged by such a velocity, with what force must its particles drive against (I will not say the tye,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1819 - 494 pages
...shall offer, respect thai little which we seem to know of it> constitution. Light travels from ihe sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute.* Urged by such a velocity, witn what force must its particles drive against, I will not say the eye,... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...therefore, which I shall offer, respect that little which we seem to know of its constitution. Light travels from the sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged by such a velocity, with what/orce must its particles drive against (I will not say the eye,... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1823 - 164 pages
...the bitterness, or, at least, the distastefulness of the marine substance. 2. On Light. LIGHT travels from the sun at the .rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged by such a velocjty, with what force must its particles drive against every substance, animate... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...therefore, which I shall offer, respect that little which we seem to know of its constitution. Light travels from the sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged^w such a velocity, with what force must its pa^ples drive against (I will not say the eye, the... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 440 pages
...therefore, which I shall offer respect that little which we seem to know of its constitution. Light travels from the sun at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute. Urged by such a velocity, with what force must its particles drive against (I will not say the eye,... | |
 | Creation - 1826 - 188 pages
...therefore, which are ,here offered^ res.pe«,>ts the little which yve know of its nature. . Light travels from the sun, at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a rniniHe ; urged with such a quickness, with what force milst its particles diive agaiust^vcry substance,... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - Clergy - 1829 - 404 pages
...' If five years are necessary to bring a ray of light from Sirius to this world, though travelling at the rate of twelve millions of miles in a minute, how much swifter must the communications of spirits be ! (Dan. ix. 21.) What is so swift as thought ?'... | |
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... animal substances, but) every substance, animate or inanimate, which stands in its way ! It might seem to be a force sufficient to shatter to atoms the hardest bodies. How then is this... 
