Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet, Wolsey, Sir E. Coke, Lord Somers, Caxton, Blake, Adam Smith, Niebuhr, Sir C. Wren, and Michael AngeloR. Baldwin, 1833 - 571 sider |
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Side v
... period . 6 Galileo appointed professor of mathe- matics at Pisa , in 1589 , when only 25 years of age ib . 7,8 adopts the Copernican system of astronomy · Bruno burnt at Rome in the year 1600 , for attacking the philosophy of his time ...
... period . 6 Galileo appointed professor of mathe- matics at Pisa , in 1589 , when only 25 years of age ib . 7,8 adopts the Copernican system of astronomy · Bruno burnt at Rome in the year 1600 , for attacking the philosophy of his time ...
Side viii
... period Their science and literature 2-10 4,5 7,8 Their manners and general character Customs in regard to the female sex Sources of our knowledge respecting Ma- homet 8-10 10 11 • The Somna , or collected traditions , of the Mahometans ...
... period Their science and literature 2-10 4,5 7,8 Their manners and general character Customs in regard to the female sex Sources of our knowledge respecting Ma- homet 8-10 10 11 • The Somna , or collected traditions , of the Mahometans ...
Side 1
... period , it is certain that some among the early Greeks were in possession of several truths , however acquired , con- nected with the economy of the universe , which were afterwards suffered to fall into neglect and oblivion . But the ...
... period , it is certain that some among the early Greeks were in possession of several truths , however acquired , con- nected with the economy of the universe , which were afterwards suffered to fall into neglect and oblivion . But the ...
Side 5
... period of his studies at Pisa . His attention was one day arrested by the vibrations of a lamp swinging from the roof of the cathedral , which , whether great or small , seemed to recur at equal intervals . The instruments then em ...
... period of his studies at Pisa . His attention was one day arrested by the vibrations of a lamp swinging from the roof of the cathedral , which , whether great or small , seemed to recur at equal intervals . The instruments then em ...
Side 7
... period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in matters of science , although he was undoubtedly the first whose opinions and writings produced a very marked ...
... period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in matters of science , although he was undoubtedly the first whose opinions and writings produced a very marked ...
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Lives of Eminent Persons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1833 |
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Side 10 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
Side 34 - I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there -were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Side 39 - I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Side 32 - ... the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such like questions.
Side 22 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the " highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but " peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; " all the rest being brought about by the natural course of
Side 20 - Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value to those who possess it and who want to exchange it for some new productions is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Side 38 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Side 23 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water: and though he had been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage, and bold and resolute achievements.
Side 5 - I thought best once for all to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.
Side 26 - Sheffield, a mercer, came into a house and asked for meat, and especially he asked after eggs; and the good wife answered that she could speak no French, and the merchant was angry, for he also could speak no French, but would have had eggs, and she understood him not. And then at last another said, that he would have "eyren...