The Life of Sir Isaac NewtonGall & Inglis, 1900 - 346 páginas |
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... deduced from no direct experiments and into which no theoretical views could have led him, seems to have been impressed upon his mind with all the force of an axiom.* Even the shortness of the spec- * In an experiment made by Newton, he ...
... deduced from no direct experiments and into which no theoretical views could have led him, seems to have been impressed upon his mind with all the force of an axiom.* Even the shortness of the spec- * In an experiment made by Newton, he ...
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... and refraction in the substances which produce the colours. From the phenomena thus briefly described, Sir Isaac Newton deduced that ingenious, though hypothetical, proI perty of light, called its fits of easy reflexion and.
... and refraction in the substances which produce the colours. From the phenomena thus briefly described, Sir Isaac Newton deduced that ingenious, though hypothetical, proI perty of light, called its fits of easy reflexion and.
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... deduced from the Newtonian doctrine. The explanation of opacity, as arising from a multitude of reflexions, is liable to the same objection which we have urged against the explanation of colour. In order to appreciate its weight, we ...
... deduced from the Newtonian doctrine. The explanation of opacity, as arising from a multitude of reflexions, is liable to the same objection which we have urged against the explanation of colour. In order to appreciate its weight, we ...
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... deduced from his theory of light, and as confirmed by direct experiment. Viewing it probably as only a theoretical deduction, Newton seems to have regarded it as incorrect ; and though he gave Huygens the credit of describing the ...
... deduced from his theory of light, and as confirmed by direct experiment. Viewing it probably as only a theoretical deduction, Newton seems to have regarded it as incorrect ; and though he gave Huygens the credit of describing the ...
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... deduced from the Observations of Tycho Brahe." Although our author was conducted to these great laws by the patient examination of well-established facts, his imagination was ever hurrying him among the wilds of conjecture. Convinced ...
... deduced from the Observations of Tycho Brahe." Although our author was conducted to these great laws by the patient examination of well-established facts, his imagination was ever hurrying him among the wilds of conjecture. Convinced ...
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