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- proper noun Mormonism The ancient American
prophet ofMormon theology who wrote the Book of Ether in theBook of Mormon .
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But the phenomena of light lead us to infer the existence of what we call Ether, which is supposed to be
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Do you not know that even the Electron Theory, which is attracting the attention of advanced Modern Science, and which holds that all things are composed of minute particles of Electric Energy, called Electrons, from which the Atoms are built -- do you not know that even this theory recognizes the necessity of a "something like Matter, only infinitely finer," which they call the Ether, to enfold the
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897
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And leave their sordid spoils, and high in Ether sail.
To Mrs. P--------., With Some Drawings of Birds and Insects Anna Letitia 1773
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And leave their sordid spoils, and high in Ether sail.
Poems Anna Letitia 1773
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Ether is Ukrainian telecom operator with a license for digital broadcasting in the DVB-H standard.
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Her new book, her very first, a collection of short stories called Ether has just been published and I have taken the unusual step of breaking my own rule to never write about the work of friends to tell you a little about Evgenia, and then let you hear from her directly about some of things that have informed the work.
Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff: Evgenia Citkowitz's Debut Collection of Stories 2010
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The modern undulatory theory of light, of which Huyghens (/- 1695) is generally regarded as the author, describes light as propagated by the vibrations of the imponderable matter termed Ether or AEther.
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For the origination of Ether, which is not made up of parts and is all pervasive, cannot be imagined in any way.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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"Inhaling," said he, "through the breath the Universal Ether, which is Divine Reason, we become conscious."
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Pea; the root also of a plant called Ether; and a fruit in a pod like a
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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