Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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... period of his life , his astrono- mical opinions exposed him : it is in- telligible that the vulgar should withhold their assent from one who pretended to discoveries in the remote heavens , which few possessed instruments to verify ...
... period of his life , his astrono- mical opinions exposed him : it is in- telligible that the vulgar should withhold their assent from one who pretended to discoveries in the remote heavens , which few possessed instruments to verify ...
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