Lives of Eminent PersonsBaldwin and Cradock, 1833 - 571 páginas |
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... carried the idea into execution , and it was for this sole and limited purpose that the first pen- dulum was constructed . Viviani tells us , that the value of the invention was rapidly appreciated by the physicians of the day , and was ...
... carried the idea into execution , and it was for this sole and limited purpose that the first pen- dulum was constructed . Viviani tells us , that the value of the invention was rapidly appreciated by the physicians of the day , and was ...
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... carried round the earth , fixed each to a separate orb or heaven of solid but transparent matter . The order of distance in which they were supposed to be placed with regard to the central earth was as follows : The Moon , Mercury ...
... carried round the earth , fixed each to a separate orb or heaven of solid but transparent matter . The order of distance in which they were supposed to be placed with regard to the central earth was as follows : The Moon , Mercury ...
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... carried round the central sun . * Aris- totle's words are : " Most of those who assert that the whole concave is finite , say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are called Pythagoreans , who live ...
... carried round the central sun . * Aris- totle's words are : " Most of those who assert that the whole concave is finite , say that the earth is situated in the middle point of the universe : those who are called Pythagoreans , who live ...
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... carried round fastened to solid spheres . " What ideas Fracastoro entertained of the evidence of the " senses " it is not now easy to guess , but he goes on to give a specimen of the “ rea- soning " which appeared to him so in ...
... carried round fastened to solid spheres . " What ideas Fracastoro entertained of the evidence of the " senses " it is not now easy to guess , but he goes on to give a specimen of the “ rea- soning " which appeared to him so in ...
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... carried his dislike of these doctrines so far as to assert that nothing short of their gross ab- surdity could have driven theorists to the extravagant supposition of the mo- tion of the earth , which , said he , " we * Opuscula ...
... carried his dislike of these doctrines so far as to assert that nothing short of their gross ab- surdity could have driven theorists to the extravagant supposition of the mo- tion of the earth , which , said he , " we * Opuscula ...
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Página 20 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 14 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter ; when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame ; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances ; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Página 35 - I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there -were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Página 33 - ... the main business of natural philosophy is to argue from phenomena without feigning hypotheses and to deduce causes from effects till we come to the very first cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the mechanism of the world, but chiefly to resolve these and such like questions.
Página 23 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the " highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but " peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; " all the rest being brought about by the natural course of
Página 11 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.
Página 39 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Página 22 - ... to demonstrate, that the most effectual plan for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which nature has pointed out, by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his own interest in his own way, and to bring both his industry and his capital into the freest competition with those of his fellow-citizens.
Página 6 - I thought best once for all to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.
Página 1 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.