Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... Passed 7 years at Oxford Cause of his objections to that university in after life He removed to Edinburgh in 1748 , and formed an intimacy with all the great men of that metropolis Elected professor of moral philosophy in the university ...
... Passed 7 years at Oxford Cause of his objections to that university in after life He removed to Edinburgh in 1748 , and formed an intimacy with all the great men of that metropolis Elected professor of moral philosophy in the university ...
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... passing at once from one extreme to the other , he framed an unsupported theory to ac- count for the number of satellites which were round Jupiter , and for those which he expected to meet with elsewhere . Kepler has been styled the ...
... passing at once from one extreme to the other , he framed an unsupported theory to ac- count for the number of satellites which were round Jupiter , and for those which he expected to meet with elsewhere . Kepler has been styled the ...
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... the rays of the sun passed freely through the body of the planet , and Galileo takes occasion to praise him for not being deterred from his 18th year , when , in 1603 , he D 2 GALILEO . 35 steps and never quit his side." Galileo ...
... the rays of the sun passed freely through the body of the planet , and Galileo takes occasion to praise him for not being deterred from his 18th year , when , in 1603 , he D 2 GALILEO . 35 steps and never quit his side." Galileo ...
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... passed great part of his time , particularly during his frequent indispositions , conceiving that the air of Florence was prejudicial to him . Cesi was very anxious for their appear- ance , since they were ( in his own words ) so hard a ...
... passed great part of his time , particularly during his frequent indispositions , conceiving that the air of Florence was prejudicial to him . Cesi was very anxious for their appear- ance , since they were ( in his own words ) so hard a ...
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... passed by without notice . " Some years ago , a salutary edict was promulgated at Rome , which , in order to obviate the perilous scandals of the present age , enjoined an opportune silence on the Py- thagorean opinion of the earth's ...
... passed by without notice . " Some years ago , a salutary edict was promulgated at Rome , which , in order to obviate the perilous scandals of the present age , enjoined an opportune silence on the Py- thagorean opinion of the earth's ...
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