Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... light . How this fluid is supposed to differ from , and affect light Remarks on projectiles and falling bo- dies • 12 , 13 14 , 15 16 • Dr. Hooke's dissertation on the motion of the earth Borelli , the first who applied the principle of ...
... light . How this fluid is supposed to differ from , and affect light Remarks on projectiles and falling bo- dies • 12 , 13 14 , 15 16 • Dr. Hooke's dissertation on the motion of the earth Borelli , the first who applied the principle of ...
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... light in which we view him at pre- sent , though very estimable , he was yet inferior to his contemporary Galileo , perhaps even to Kepler . Bacon pointed out at a distance the road to true phi- losophy : Galileo both pointed it out to ...
... light in which we view him at pre- sent , though very estimable , he was yet inferior to his contemporary Galileo , perhaps even to Kepler . Bacon pointed out at a distance the road to true phi- losophy : Galileo both pointed it out to ...
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... light , few lives can be considered more interesting than that of Galileo ; and if we compare the state in which he found , with that in which he left , the study of nature , we shall feel how justly an enthusiastic panegyric pronounced ...
... light , few lives can be considered more interesting than that of Galileo ; and if we compare the state in which he found , with that in which he left , the study of nature , we shall feel how justly an enthusiastic panegyric pronounced ...
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... light , and changes its colours almost with every moment ; first tawny , then yellow , presently purple and red , and , when it has risen above the vapours , most frequently white . " This was by no means an unprecedented phenomenon ...
... light , and changes its colours almost with every moment ; first tawny , then yellow , presently purple and red , and , when it has risen above the vapours , most frequently white . " This was by no means an unprecedented phenomenon ...
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... I have also different treatises on natural subjects ; On sound and speech ; On light and colours ; On the tide ; On the com- position of continuous quantity ; On the motions of animals ; -And others besides . I have 18 GALILEO .
... I have also different treatises on natural subjects ; On sound and speech ; On light and colours ; On the tide ; On the com- position of continuous quantity ; On the motions of animals ; -And others besides . I have 18 GALILEO .
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