Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 sider |
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... present possess of the phenomena of nature and of their connection has not by any means been regularly progressive , as we might have expected , from the time when they first drew the attention of mankind . Without entering into the ...
... present possess of the phenomena of nature and of their connection has not by any means been regularly progressive , as we might have expected , from the time when they first drew the attention of mankind . Without entering into the ...
Side 3
... present easy to procure - his Dialogue on ancient and modern music - exhibits proofs , not only of a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but of a sound and vigorous understanding applied to other topics incidentally discussed ...
... present easy to procure - his Dialogue on ancient and modern music - exhibits proofs , not only of a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but of a sound and vigorous understanding applied to other topics incidentally discussed ...
Side 14
... present the empirical law which includes the distances of all the planets from the sun ( roughly taken ) in one algebraical formula . The observations of Kepler's day were scarcely accurate enough to prove that the relations which he ...
... present the empirical law which includes the distances of all the planets from the sun ( roughly taken ) in one algebraical formula . The observations of Kepler's day were scarcely accurate enough to prove that the relations which he ...
Side 16
... present occasion , he set himself earnestly to , consider the new phenomenon , and em bodied the results of his observations in three lectures , which have been an fortunately lost . Only the exordium of the first has been preserved in ...
... present occasion , he set himself earnestly to , consider the new phenomenon , and em bodied the results of his observations in three lectures , which have been an fortunately lost . Only the exordium of the first has been preserved in ...
Side 31
... present , at parting , worth more than a thousand florins , and has now invited me to attach myself to him with the annual salary of one thousand florins , and with the title of Philosopher and Principal Mathematician to His Highness ...
... present , at parting , worth more than a thousand florins , and has now invited me to attach myself to him with the annual salary of one thousand florins , and with the title of Philosopher and Principal Mathematician to His Highness ...
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