Astronomy and general physics, considered with reference to natural theology / By William Whewell.

  • Whewell, William, 1794-1866.
Date:
1836
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    Page X. The Laws of Heat with respect to Air .... 96 XI. The Laws of Electricity ........-.0+-++> 110 XII. The Laws of Magnetism .....--+eeeees 113 XIII. The Properties of Light with regard to Vegetation ...c..eeseeeecerecereces 115 NRIMc- Bounties ees Gir ee RR ie date ie ie 117 XV. The Atmosphere ......seeeeeeeeeeves 125 K VALLI §. .Siek ie Swi ses oases oes ees 128 XVII. The Ether .....-... cc ceeccrcesceeces 138 XVIII. Recapitulation ......ceseeee ee ee eres 141 BOOK II. Cosmicat ARRANGEMENTS «sececeeesseees 148 Cuap. I. The Structure of the Solar System ..-... 150 II. The Circular Orbits of the Planets round the SSiRT) 1 y'oce. paige Veeck gs Aaoe » brace ede, eine 154 Ill. The Stability of the Solar System.......- 159 IV. The Sun in the Centre .......-..--e00: 169 V.. The Satellites . . oj. o.0.0 m0 sim b0 0:0 sims = e'es 173 VI. The Stability of the Ocean .......-..-- Wit VII. The Nebular Hypothesis ...........--- 181 VIII. The Existence of a Resisting Medium in the Solar System .........eeseeeeees oe kee IX. Mechanical Laws .....-..eeeeeeeeeees 210 X. The Law of Gravitation...........-.--. 214 XI. The Laws of Motion .......--+.eeeeees 231 MAT, PH Cts aes os ae wi ein elas a eed a 238 BOOK IIL. Rericrous VIEWS .-.ssesecerecesees 3 ee Cuap. I. Il. If]. Bae The Creator of the Physical World is the Governor of the Moral World ........ 254 On the Vastness of the Universe ........ 268 On Man’s Place in the Universe ......-. 279 On the Impression produced by the Contem- plation of Laws of Nature; or on the Conviction that Law Implies Mind .... 293 sion produced on Men’s Minds by dis- covering Laws of Nature .... eoeeeeeeoe