The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonHarper & Bros., 1843 - 314 páginas |
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... means of fixed pins he had marked out the hourly and half - hourly subdivisions . One of these dials , which went by the name of Isaac's dial , and was often referred to by the country people for the hour of the day , appears to have ...
... means of fixed pins he had marked out the hourly and half - hourly subdivisions . One of these dials , which went by the name of Isaac's dial , and was often referred to by the country people for the hour of the day , appears to have ...
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... means he thought the regular effects of the prism ABC would be destroyed by the prism BCB , and the irregular ones more augmented by the multiplicity of refractions . The result was , that the light EXPERIMENTS ON COLOURS . 33.
... means he thought the regular effects of the prism ABC would be destroyed by the prism BCB , and the irregular ones more augmented by the multiplicity of refractions . The result was , that the light EXPERIMENTS ON COLOURS . 33.
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... means many truths have been baffled and lost ) , I may with freedom apply myself to so judicious and impartial an assembly . As to the printing of that letter , I am satisfied in their judgment , or else I should have thought it too ...
... means many truths have been baffled and lost ) , I may with freedom apply myself to so judicious and impartial an assembly . As to the printing of that letter , I am satisfied in their judgment , or else I should have thought it too ...
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... means of seven sieves of different degrees of fineness , and so made that the finest will just transmit the finest powder and detain all the rest , while the next in fineness transmits the two finest powders and detains all the rest ...
... means of seven sieves of different degrees of fineness , and so made that the finest will just transmit the finest powder and detain all the rest , while the next in fineness transmits the two finest powders and detains all the rest ...
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... mean rays was the same . This opinion , unsupported by experiments , and not even sanctioned by any theoretical views , seems to have been impressed upon his mind with all the force of an axiom . * Even the shortness of the spectrum ...
... mean rays was the same . This opinion , unsupported by experiments , and not even sanctioned by any theoretical views , seems to have been impressed upon his mind with all the force of an axiom . * Even the shortness of the spectrum ...
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