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

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

s them 't is a causeless fantasy, And childish error, that they are afraid. Shak. I have shewed before, that a mere possibility to the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly credible. Bp. Wilkins.

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.

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.

A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn. Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token, n., 4. -- Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.

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.

t verbal, his reward. Milton. Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. Whewell.