Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler1833 |
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... principles of Hadley's quadrant Newton's timidity , and ignorance of the manners of society Account of his domestic life • Page 36 . · • 37 37 , 38 38 39 , 40 of his death in 1727 , at the age of 85 List of the different editions of his ...
... principles of Hadley's quadrant Newton's timidity , and ignorance of the manners of society Account of his domestic life • Page 36 . · • 37 37 , 38 38 39 , 40 of his death in 1727 , at the age of 85 List of the different editions of his ...
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... principles might be discovered , of which the natural phenomena were effects , it was thought that the proper order of study was , first to detect the general cause , and then to pursue it into its consequences ; it was considered ab ...
... principles might be discovered , of which the natural phenomena were effects , it was thought that the proper order of study was , first to detect the general cause , and then to pursue it into its consequences ; it was considered ab ...
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... principles which he con- stantly recommended . In support of this view of the comparative deserts of these two celebrated men , we are able to adduce the authority of Hume , who will be readily admitted as a competent judge of ...
... principles which he con- stantly recommended . In support of this view of the comparative deserts of these two celebrated men , we are able to adduce the authority of Hume , who will be readily admitted as a competent judge of ...
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... principles of statics , which was the only part of mechanics as yet cultivated ; but with these incon- siderable exceptions the application of mathematics to the phenomena of na- ture was scarcely thought of . Galileo's first inducement ...
... principles of statics , which was the only part of mechanics as yet cultivated ; but with these incon- siderable exceptions the application of mathematics to the phenomena of na- ture was scarcely thought of . Galileo's first inducement ...
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... principles of the theory of the celestial motions which Copernicus restored ; but the num- ber of those who possess much know ledge of the cumbrous and unwieldy system which it superseded is perhaps more limited . The present is not a ...
... principles of the theory of the celestial motions which Copernicus restored ; but the num- ber of those who possess much know ledge of the cumbrous and unwieldy system which it superseded is perhaps more limited . The present is not a ...
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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...