 Microscopes have been constructed which magnify more than a thousand times in linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one a thousand million times more bulky ; yet the only impression we receive...  The Scientific Basis of Homoeopathy - Page 21by William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1831 - 310 pages
...effected. Microscopes have been constructed which magnify more than a thousand times in linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be...is, that it reminds us of some vast fragment of a rock5 while the intimate structure on which depend its color, its hardness, and its chemical properties,... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 718 pages
...linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one million times more bulky ; yet the only impression...of a rock ; while the intimate structure on which depend its colour, its hardness, and its chemical properties, remains still concealed ; we do not seem... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 428 pages
...linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one million times more bulky; yet the only impression...through such a magnifier is that it reminds us of t>i] By the Latens processus, he meant verted into steam, some change has taken only what is the natural... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 810 pages
...says Herschel, " have been constructed which magnify more than one thousand times in linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one million times more bulky; yet the only impression we receive by viewing it through such a magnifier... | |
 | William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 344 pages
...But after all our astonishing success, can we flatter ourselves that we have reached the ultima thule of discovery? Let the philosophic Herschel answer...structure on which depends its color, its hardness, and its chemical properties, remains still concealed. We do not seem to have made even an approach... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1854 - 620 pages
...says Herschel, " have been constructed which magnify more than one thousand times in linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one million times more bulky; yet the only impression we receive by viewing it through such a magnifier... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1860 - 488 pages
...the sclourface of iron becomes rusty, or when ence of chemistry, water is converted into steam, some we receive by viewing it through such a magnifier...of a rock ; while the intimate structure on which depend its colour, its hardness, and its chemical properties, remains still concealed ; we do not seem... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1879 - 486 pages
...of chemistry. water is converted into steam, some VOL. m. « we receive by viewing it through snch a magnifier is that it reminds us of some vast fragment...of a rock ; while the intimate structure on which depend its colour, its hardness, and its chemical properties, remains still concealed ; we do not seem... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1882 - 946 pages
...linear dimension, so that the smallest visible grain of sand may be enlarged to the appearance of one million times more bulky ; yet the only impression...rock ; while the intimate structure on which depends ita colour, its hardness, and its chemical properties, remains still concealed ; we do not seem to... | |
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