History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... considered great philos- ophers ( ' Ελλήνων τινες επισήμοι βουλόμενοι γενέσθαι σοφίην ) , have pro- pounded three ways of accounting for these floods . Two of them , " he adds , " I do not think worthy of record , except just so far as ...
... considered great philos- ophers ( ' Ελλήνων τινες επισήμοι βουλόμενοι γενέσθαι σοφίην ) , have pro- pounded three ways of accounting for these floods . Two of them , " he adds , " I do not think worthy of record , except just so far as ...
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... considered . The Physical Lectures are possibly the work concerning which a well - known anecdote is related by Simplicius , a Greek commentator of the sixth century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alex- ander the Great ...
... considered . The Physical Lectures are possibly the work concerning which a well - known anecdote is related by Simplicius , a Greek commentator of the sixth century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alex- ander the Great ...
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... considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that , in 11 De Gen. et Corrupt . ii . 2 . 12 Ib . iii . 3 . this way , they defined what ...
... considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that , in 11 De Gen. et Corrupt . ii . 2 . 12 Ib . iii . 3 . this way , they defined what ...
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... considered by Aristotle a difficult problem to explain why a stone thrown from the hand continues to move for some time , and then stops . If the hand was the cause of the motion , how could the stone move at all when left to itself ...
... considered by Aristotle a difficult problem to explain why a stone thrown from the hand continues to move for some time , and then stops . If the hand was the cause of the motion , how could the stone move at all when left to itself ...
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... considered only the principle of the Greek Physics ; which was , as we have seen , to deduce its doctrines by an analysis of the notions which common language involves . But though the Grecian philosopher began by studying words in ...
... considered only the principle of the Greek Physics ; which was , as we have seen , to deduce its doctrines by an analysis of the notions which common language involves . But though the Grecian philosopher began by studying words in ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 340 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Página 151 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens 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 384 - Descend from Heaven Urania, by that name If rightly thou art called, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing.
Página 562 - Indian race, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi, had become estranged from the English and friendly to the French.
Página 184 - Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of metaphysic begs defence, And metaphysic calls for aid on sense! See mystery to mathematics fly! In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion...
Página 421 - As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, "God save him...
Página 275 - The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.
Página 556 - We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis, with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.
Página 402 - ... on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. ' Why not as high as the moon ?' said he to himself ; and if so, her motion must be influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby.
Página 184 - Before her Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus