The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... equal in their attainments , con- ferred the fellowship on Mr. Uvedale as the senior candidate . In the books of the university , Newton is recorded as having been admitted sub - sizer in 1661. He became a scholar in 1664. In 1665 he ...
... equal in their attainments , con- ferred the fellowship on Mr. Uvedale as the senior candidate . In the books of the university , Newton is recorded as having been admitted sub - sizer in 1661. He became a scholar in 1664. In 1665 he ...
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... equal to the sun's diameter , whereas the real angle subtended by MN at the hole H was 2 ° 49 ' . But as this computa- tion was founded on the hypothesis , that the sine of the angle of incidence was proportional to the sine of the ...
... equal to the sun's diameter , whereas the real angle subtended by MN at the hole H was 2 ° 49 ' . But as this computa- tion was founded on the hypothesis , that the sine of the angle of incidence was proportional to the sine of the ...
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... equal to the angle of incidence , he con- cluded that , upon this principle , optical instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable , provided a reflecting substance could be found which could polish as finely as ...
... equal to the angle of incidence , he con- cluded that , upon this principle , optical instruments might be brought to any degree of perfection imaginable , provided a reflecting substance could be found which could polish as finely as ...
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... equal to a three or four feet tube di- rected to common objects . He had seen through it Jupiter distinctly with his four satellites , and also the horns or moon - like phases of Venus , though this last phenomenon required some ...
... equal to a three or four feet tube di- rected to common objects . He had seen through it Jupiter distinctly with his four satellites , and also the horns or moon - like phases of Venus , though this last phenomenon required some ...
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... equal , he never could obtain a spectrum whose length was more thar from three to three and a half times its breadth , while Newton found the length to be five times its breadth . In our author's reply , he directs his atten- tion ...
... equal , he never could obtain a spectrum whose length was more thar from three to three and a half times its breadth , while Newton found the length to be five times its breadth . In our author's reply , he directs his atten- tion ...
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