Category: Science - Physics
The unseen universe
_Belief of the Ancient Hebrews_— Position of Moses, 8-9 28 His task, 10 29 Belief of the Jews in an unseen world, 11 30 Their belief in a future state, 12 31 Their belief in a resurrection, 13 32
Chapters
1. CHAPTER I.
_Belief of the Ancient Hebrews_— Position of Moses, 8-9 28 His task, 10 29 Belief of the Jews in an unseen world, 11 30 Their belief in a future state, 12 31 Their belief in a r...
2. CHAPTER II._Position assumed by the Authors_— Laws of the universe defined, 54 72 Embodiment of some sort essential, 55 73 Materialistic position described, 55 74 Unjustifiable assumptions...
3. CHAPTER III._Historical Sketch of Second Law of Thermodynamics_— *Carnot’s perfect heat-engine, *106 117 *Sir W. Thomson’s definition of absolute temperature, *107 118 *Melting point of ice...
4. CHAPTER IV._Various hypotheses regarding matter_— (1.) Greek notion of the _Atom_, 118 130 Speculations of Lucretius, 119-130 131 (2.) Theory of Boscovich (centres of force), 131 137 (3.)...
5. CHAPTER V._Globe development_— Hypothesis of Kant and Laplace, 160 163 Tendency to aggregation of mass, 161-162 164 Process cannot have been going on for ever, 163 166 Peculiarity of prod...
6. CHAPTER VI.7. CHAPTER VII._Miracles and the Resurrection of Christ_— Objections of extreme school stated, 214 211 How these are to be met, 215 212 Development has produced the visible universe, 216 214 I...
8. CHAPTER I.‘L’immortalité de l’âme est une chose qui nous importe si fort, et qui nous touche si profondément, qu’il faut avoir perdu tout sentiment pour être dans l’indifférence de savoir...
9. CHAPTER II.‘Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.’—HEBREWS XI. 3.
10. CHAPTER III.‘The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; And, like this insubstantial pageant, fade...
11. CHAPTER IV.‘Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way; or spread his airy flight Over the vast abr...
12. CHAPTER V.‘_All nature is but art_, unknown to thee; _All chance, direction_, which thou canst not see, All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And spite of...
13. CHAPTER VI.177. Our readers are now aware from what we have said in Chapter II. that the two great requisites for organised existence are, in the first place, an organ of memory, giving th...
14. CHAPTER VII.‘For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature w...