Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler1833 |
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... light Remarks on projectiles and falling bo- Dr. Hooke's dissertation on the motion of the earth Borelli , the first who applied the principle of gravitation to the planetary mo- 7 ib . ib . LIFE OF MAHOMET . LIFE OF WOLSEY . ib . His ...
... light Remarks on projectiles and falling bo- Dr. Hooke's dissertation on the motion of the earth Borelli , the first who applied the principle of gravitation to the planetary mo- 7 ib . ib . LIFE OF MAHOMET . LIFE OF WOLSEY . ib . His ...
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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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... 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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... light on the constitution of the solar system , and cleared up the difficul- ties which encumbered the explanation of the varied appearance of her surface . The different theories current at that day , to account for these phenomena ...
... light on the constitution of the solar system , and cleared up the difficul- ties which encumbered the explanation of the varied appearance of her surface . The different theories current at that day , to account for these phenomena ...
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Página 17 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 2 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Página 8 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
Página 13 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Página 32 - I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there -were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Página 29 - I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Página 18 - Labour was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of' labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Página 30 - ... the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such like questions.
Página 36 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 62 - I held and believed that the sun is the centre of the world and immovable, and that the earth is not the centre and...