Elements of Physiophilosophy

1096. The stalk is the idea of the whole plant, posited under the import of the organ of nutrition, of the vessels. The structure of the stalk is therefore accordant with that o...

509. The _Inflammables_ divide under a chemical point of view into two groups--into the varieties of Coal and Sulphur, whereof the Earthy lies at the basis of the former which i...

231. The sun cannot be in the absolute middle of the solar system, on account of its antagonism with the planets, which would likewise become the centre. The collective mass of...

33. Out of nothing, therefore, it is possible for something to arise, for mathematics, consisting of propositions, is a something in relation to 0. Mathematics itself were nothi...

867. If we take a retrospective glance at the _development_ of the planet, we find that it commenced with the simplest actions, and then assumed a more elevated character by gra...

209. Through light duplicity originates in the æther, by virtue of which the æther divides into central and peripheric æther. The peripheric necessarily rotates around the centr...

8. The world consists of two parts: of one apparent, real, or material; and one non-apparent, ideal, spiritual, in which the material is not present, or which is naught in relat...

a. Elementary Body--Protoplasma or Primary Mucus, § 898. Change. b. Form--Globe, § 926. Primary Vesicle, § 933. Infusoria, § 935. Theory of Generation, § 943. c. Processes of th...

Functions of the Elements. 1. Functions of the Æther, § 317. a. Gravity, § 320. b. Light, § 321. Inflexion, Refraction, Reflexion, Colours, § 354. Colours and Planets, § 379. c....