Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 sider |
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... object of but the praise due to superior usefulness great admiration . If we consider him belongs to him who succeeded in trainmerely as an author and philosopher , ing round him a school of imitators , the light in which we view him at ...
... object of but the praise due to superior usefulness great admiration . If we consider him belongs to him who succeeded in trainmerely as an author and philosopher , ing round him a school of imitators , the light in which we view him at ...
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... object of his Serene Highness to be , that leisure and opportunity should be given me to com- plete my works without employing my- self in lecturing . And , in short , I should wish to gain my bread from my writings , which I would ...
... object of his Serene Highness to be , that leisure and opportunity should be given me to com- plete my works without employing my- self in lecturing . And , in short , I should wish to gain my bread from my writings , which I would ...
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... object in the heavens which Aris- totle had never suspected , immediately refused all credit to those senses , to ... objects most clearly , convex those which are nearer , whence they may be used to assist the sight . With a concave ...
... object in the heavens which Aris- totle had never suspected , immediately refused all credit to those senses , to ... objects most clearly , convex those which are nearer , whence they may be used to assist the sight . With a concave ...
Side 23
... object by increasing the visible angle under which it is viewed . These , among the many claimants , are certainly ... objects nearer than they usually appeared . According to his own account , this ge- neral rumour , which was confirmed ...
... object by increasing the visible angle under which it is viewed . These , among the many claimants , are certainly ... objects nearer than they usually appeared . According to his own account , this ge- neral rumour , which was confirmed ...
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... object and spirit of which seem to have been greatly misunderstood , even by some of Kepler's intimate friends.— They considered it as a covert attack upon Galileo , and , accordingly , Maestlin thus writes to him : - " In your Essay ...
... object and spirit of which seem to have been greatly misunderstood , even by some of Kepler's intimate friends.— They considered it as a covert attack upon Galileo , and , accordingly , Maestlin thus writes to him : - " In your Essay ...
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