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... Additional disputes with Dr. Hooke on the subject 19-22 The Principia
completed and published in 1687 22 Account of that work by Laplace 23 , 24
Newton elected a member of the convention parliament which called the Prince
of Orange to ...
... Additional disputes with Dr. Hooke on the subject 19-22 The Principia
completed and published in 1687 22 Account of that work by Laplace 23 , 24
Newton elected a member of the convention parliament which called the Prince
of Orange to ...
Página xv
... themselves at cent design in the structure of the unithe best to observations ;
very few traces verse , so much as for the fertile topics remain of their having
instituted experi- which the favourite mode of viewing the ments , properly so
called .
... themselves at cent design in the structure of the unithe best to observations ;
very few traces verse , so much as for the fertile topics remain of their having
instituted experi- which the favourite mode of viewing the ments , properly so
called .
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... the test the mechanical doctrines with Galileo at Pisa . Kopernik , or , as of
Aristotle , most of which he found un- he is usually called , Copernicus , a
nasupported even by the pretence of ex tive of Thorn in Prussia , had published
perience .
... the test the mechanical doctrines with Galileo at Pisa . Kopernik , or , as of
Aristotle , most of which he found un- he is usually called , Copernicus , a
nasupported even by the pretence of ex tive of Thorn in Prussia , had published
perience .
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Aris . totle's words are : “ Most of those who assert that the whole concave is finite
, say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are
called Pythagoreans , who live in Italy , are of a contrary opinion . ' uns For they ...
Aris . totle's words are : “ Most of those who assert that the whole concave is finite
, say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are
called Pythagoreans , who live in Italy , are of a contrary opinion . ' uns For they ...
Página 16
... the attention of astronomers must be situated among the most rewas called to
the contemplation of a mote heavenly bodies . ... and unSerpentarius , or
Ophiuchus , as it is now changeable sky were quite at variance more commonly
called .
... the attention of astronomers must be situated among the most rewas called to
the contemplation of a mote heavenly bodies . ... and unSerpentarius , or
Ophiuchus , as it is now changeable sky were quite at variance more commonly
called .
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Página 18 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 12 - 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 33 - 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 31 - ... 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 21 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the " highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but " peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; " all the rest being brought about by the natural course of
Página 9 - 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 37 - 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 20 - ... to demonstrate, that the most effectual plan for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which nature has pointed out, by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and his capital into the freest competition with those of his fellow-citizens.
Página 4 - I thought best once for all to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.
Página xv - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Lives of Eminent Persons Library of useful knowledge, Its |
| Autor | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) |
| Editor | Baldwin and Cradock, 1833 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 6 Mayo 2008 |
| Largo | 571 páginas |
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