The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... facts , and with ex tracts from the diary of Hearne in the Bodleian Library , and from the original correspondence be- tween Newton and Flamstead , which the president of Corpus Christi College had for this purpose com- mitted to his ...
... facts , and with ex tracts from the diary of Hearne in the Bodleian Library , and from the original correspondence be- tween Newton and Flamstead , which the president of Corpus Christi College had for this purpose com- mitted to his ...
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... facts , but espe- cially to Sir William Hamilton , Bart . , whose libe- rality in promoting literary inquiry is not limited to the circle of his friends . Allerly , June 1st , 1831 . D. B. J CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. The Pre - eminence of ...
... facts , but espe- cially to Sir William Hamilton , Bart . , whose libe- rality in promoting literary inquiry is not limited to the circle of his friends . Allerly , June 1st , 1831 . D. B. J CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. The Pre - eminence of ...
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... fact , it could only be decided before competent witnesses , and he referred to the testimony of those who had seen his experiments . The entreaties of Oldenburg , how- ever , prevailed over his own better judgment , and , " lest Mr ...
... fact , it could only be decided before competent witnesses , and he referred to the testimony of those who had seen his experiments . The entreaties of Oldenburg , how- ever , prevailed over his own better judgment , and , " lest Mr ...
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... fact in the history of science more singular than that Newton should have believed that all bodies produced spectra of equal length , or separated the red and violet rays to equal distances when the refraction of the mean rays was the ...
... fact in the history of science more singular than that Newton should have believed that all bodies produced spectra of equal length , or separated the red and violet rays to equal distances when the refraction of the mean rays was the ...
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... facts which it would be out of place here to explain , I conclude that the prismatic spectrum consists of three differ . ent spectra , viz . red , yellow , and blue , all having the same length , and all overlapping each other . Hence ...
... facts which it would be out of place here to explain , I conclude that the prismatic spectrum consists of three differ . ent spectra , viz . red , yellow , and blue , all having the same length , and all overlapping each other . Hence ...
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