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Page 219
... celestial bodies ; for they are neither gentle and tem- perate enough , nor slow and continuous enough , nor sufficiently refracted and modified by intermediate bodies , nor unequal enough in their coming and going . But of all these I ...
... celestial bodies ; for they are neither gentle and tem- perate enough , nor slow and continuous enough , nor sufficiently refracted and modified by intermediate bodies , nor unequal enough in their coming and going . But of all these I ...
Page 277
... celestial coruscations and the flames of gunpowder are most inclined to whiteness . The flame of sulphur is a beautiful blue . Some bodies have pur- ple flames . No green flames are yet discovered ; the most inclined thereto is the ...
... celestial coruscations and the flames of gunpowder are most inclined to whiteness . The flame of sulphur is a beautiful blue . Some bodies have pur- ple flames . No green flames are yet discovered ; the most inclined thereto is the ...
Page 294
... of atoms in a vac- uum , of strife and friendship , of reciprocal impressions of heaven and earth , of alliance of the elements by symbolising qualities , of the influence of celestial bod- ies 294 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... of atoms in a vac- uum , of strife and friendship , of reciprocal impressions of heaven and earth , of alliance of the elements by symbolising qualities , of the influence of celestial bod- ies 294 TRANSLATION OF THE.
Page 295
... celestial bod- ies , of sympathies and antipathies , of secret and specific virtues and properties , of fate , fortune , necessity , will , I say , such generalities as these , which are noth- ing but spectres and appearances that float ...
... celestial bod- ies , of sympathies and antipathies , of secret and specific virtues and properties , of fate , fortune , necessity , will , I say , such generalities as these , which are noth- ing but spectres and appearances that float ...
Page 312
... Celestial and Sublunary Bodies with regard to eternity and mutability ; that it is not verified . The common idea that the universe is rightly di- vided and distinguished as it were by globes , so that there is one system of celestial ...
... Celestial and Sublunary Bodies with regard to eternity and mutability ; that it is not verified . The common idea that the universe is rightly di- vided and distinguished as it were by globes , so that there is one system of celestial ...
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