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Page 210
... moon . 37. Salts in damp places dissolve , open , and dilate themselves , as also in some degree do sugar and pre- serves ; which if they are not stored in a room where a fire is sometimes lighted , grow mouldy . 38. All things likewise ...
... moon . 37. Salts in damp places dissolve , open , and dilate themselves , as also in some degree do sugar and pre- serves ; which if they are not stored in a room where a fire is sometimes lighted , grow mouldy . 38. All things likewise ...
Page 277
... moon , and precious stones . All liquid bodies and such as have a very smooth and polished surface have some brightness ; but brightness is a small degree of luminosity . Observe carefully whether the light of one lucid body can be ...
... moon , and precious stones . All liquid bodies and such as have a very smooth and polished surface have some brightness ; but brightness is a small degree of luminosity . Observe carefully whether the light of one lucid body can be ...
Page 278
... moon ( though that indeed is an opaque body ) may possibly reflect light by reason of its magnitude alone . " It seems more likely how- ever that Bacon meant to write non fuerit . —J . S. “ TOPICA INQUISITIONIS DE LUCE ET LUMINE . " 279 ...
... moon ( though that indeed is an opaque body ) may possibly reflect light by reason of its magnitude alone . " It seems more likely how- ever that Bacon meant to write non fuerit . —J . S. “ TOPICA INQUISITIONIS DE LUCE ET LUMINE . " 279 ...
Page 313
... moon's orb , it would not be able at such a distance to see what was going on here , and all the motions and changes of machines , animals , plants , and the like ( which by reason of the distance are not as big as the smallest mite ) ...
... moon's orb , it would not be able at such a distance to see what was going on here , and all the motions and changes of machines , animals , plants , and the like ( which by reason of the distance are not as big as the smallest mite ) ...
Page 319
... moon . But yet if we look more closely we shall find some vestiges of truth which may lead to greater certainty ... moons , than at the quarters . The fifth as.
... moon . But yet if we look more closely we shall find some vestiges of truth which may lead to greater certainty ... moons , than at the quarters . The fifth as.
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