subtile

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Recent scientific discoveries have conferred upon man new powers of investigation, whereby nature has been made to reveal secrets so subtile that they never had been dreamt of before in philosophy.

From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2013

At Paris the Universe is seen, compos’d of Vortices of subtile Matter; but nothing like it is seen in London.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The question at issue here is one of those profound and subtile ones which cannot be approached by argument, but can be decided only by a seeing.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

Man's daintiest care, & caution cannot spy The subtile point of his coy destiny, Wch way it threats.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

In investigating the mechanical effects of human action on superficial geography, we are treading on safer ground, and dealing with much less subtile phenomena, less intractable elements.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.