The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonGall & Inglis, 1900 - 346 páginas |
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... applied himself to the works of Descartes and other algebraic writers, before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which TR1KITT COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 13 so excellent a writer deserved."* Dr. 12 SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
... applied himself to the works of Descartes and other algebraic writers, before he had considered the elements of Euclid with that attention which TR1KITT COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 13 so excellent a writer deserved."* Dr. 12 SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
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... considered as having entered upon that brilliant career of discovery, the history of which will form the subject of some of the following chapters. CHAPTER HI. Newton occupied in grinding hyperbolical Lenses— His first.
... considered as having entered upon that brilliant career of discovery, the history of which will form the subject of some of the following chapters. CHAPTER HI. Newton occupied in grinding hyperbolical Lenses— His first.
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... considered, that, as any irregularity in a reflecting surface makes the rays deviate five or six times more from their true path than similar irregularities in a refracting surface, a much greater degree of nicety would be required in ...
... considered, that, as any irregularity in a reflecting surface makes the rays deviate five or six times more from their true path than similar irregularities in a refracting surface, a much greater degree of nicety would be required in ...
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... considered this little instrument as in itself contemptible, yet he regarded it as an " epitome of what might be done," and he expressed his conviction tbAt a six feet telescope might be made after this method, which would perform as ...
... considered this little instrument as in itself contemptible, yet he regarded it as an " epitome of what might be done," and he expressed his conviction tbAt a six feet telescope might be made after this method, which would perform as ...
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... considered as somewhat superior to his own. The existence of these telescopes having become known to the Royal Society, Newton was requested to send his instrument for examination to that learned body. He accordingly transmitted it to ...
... considered as somewhat superior to his own. The existence of these telescopes having become known to the Royal Society, Newton was requested to send his instrument for examination to that learned body. He accordingly transmitted it to ...
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