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The force behind this explosion is the cosmical constant of repulsion X, which opposes the force of gravity in large-scale regions of the cosmos.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Rationalist Schweitzer the phrase "Reverence for Life" seems "the ethic of Jesus brought to philosophical expression, extended into cosmical form, and conceived of as intellectually necessary."

From Time Magazine Archive

The theory of Relativity requires that in addition to gravitational attraction there should be a force of cosmical repulsion.

From Time Magazine Archive

What is supposed to be the cause of great cosmical changes of climate?

From Geology by Geikie, James

Nor can we tell what other cosmical influences may have lent their aid in the evolution of geological changes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various