The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 sider |
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... ment were himself and Mr. Robert Uvedale ; and Dr. Barrow , then Master of Trinity , having found them perfectly equal in their attainments , con- ferred the fellowship on Mr. Uvedale as the senior candidate . In the books of the ...
... ment were himself and Mr. Robert Uvedale ; and Dr. Barrow , then Master of Trinity , having found them perfectly equal in their attainments , con- ferred the fellowship on Mr. Uvedale as the senior candidate . In the books of the ...
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... practice to alter the design of them and place the eye - glass at the side of the tube rather than at the middle . -Letter to Oldenburg , May 4th , 1672 ment as in itself contemptible , yet he regarded it 38 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
... practice to alter the design of them and place the eye - glass at the side of the tube rather than at the middle . -Letter to Oldenburg , May 4th , 1672 ment as in itself contemptible , yet he regarded it 38 SIR ISAAC NEWTON .
Side 39
David Brewster. ment as in itself contemptible , yet he regarded it as an " epitome of what might be done ; " and he ex- pressed his conviction that a six - feet telescope might be made after this method , which would perform as well as ...
David Brewster. ment as in itself contemptible , yet he regarded it as an " epitome of what might be done ; " and he ex- pressed his conviction that a six - feet telescope might be made after this method , which would perform as well as ...
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... ment , which was better than the first , though it lay by him several years , excited some interest at Cam- bridge ; and Sir Isaac himself informs us , that one of the fellows of Trinity College had completed a telescope of the same ...
... ment , which was better than the first , though it lay by him several years , excited some interest at Cam- bridge ; and Sir Isaac himself informs us , that one of the fellows of Trinity College had completed a telescope of the same ...
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David Brewster. one telescope , but though the result of the experi- ment was such as to excite hopes of ultimate suc- cess , yet the construction of such instruments is still a desideratum in practical science . Such were the attempts ...
David Brewster. one telescope , but though the result of the experi- ment was such as to excite hopes of ultimate suc- cess , yet the construction of such instruments is still a desideratum in practical science . Such were the attempts ...
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