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. . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. Whewel.

, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell.

oreal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. Whewell.

d obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. Whewell.

An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell.

Toward a pole of the earth. "The regions further polewards." Whewell.

son. The cause is more than the prelude, the effect is more than the sequel, of the fact. Whewell.

To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell.

rs only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. Whewell.

Tending to regulate; regulating. Whewell.

of. This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. Whewell.

Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell.

Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty. Whewell.

resentation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. Whewell.

A discourse on, or an account of, heat. Whewell.

Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena. Whewell.

The science of heat. Whewell.

e tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. Whewell. -- Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.

One who advocates the undulatory theory of light. Whewell.

has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay. Whewell.