Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler1833 |
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... PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE . LONDON : BALDWIN AND CRADOCK , PATERNOSTER - ROW . MDCCCXXXIII . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES , Duke - street LIBRARY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE .
... PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE . LONDON : BALDWIN AND CRADOCK , PATERNOSTER - ROW . MDCCCXXXIII . LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES , Duke - street LIBRARY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE .
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... published in 1627 Death of Kepler in 1630 , and situation ' of his family Kepler's “ Dream on Lunar Astronomy ; " a fanciful tale at Ratisbon , described List of his published works LIFE OF NEWTON . How this fluid is supposed to differ ...
... published in 1627 Death of Kepler in 1630 , and situation ' of his family Kepler's “ Dream on Lunar Astronomy ; " a fanciful tale at Ratisbon , described List of his published works LIFE OF NEWTON . How this fluid is supposed to differ ...
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... published in 1772 . He marries in 1773 • The first volume of his travels published in 1774 19 ib . 21 • ib . ib . 22 22-28 The second volume published in 1778 He obtains a post in the civil service of Holstein Account of the employment ...
... published in 1772 . He marries in 1773 • The first volume of his travels published in 1774 19 ib . 21 • ib . ib . 22 22-28 The second volume published in 1778 He obtains a post in the civil service of Holstein Account of the employment ...
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... published several esteemed treatises . The only one which it is at present easy to procure - his Dialogue on ancient and modern music - exhibits proofs , not only of a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but of a sound and vigorous ...
... published several esteemed treatises . The only one which it is at present easy to procure - his Dialogue on ancient and modern music - exhibits proofs , not only of a thorough acquaintance with his subject , but of a sound and vigorous ...
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... published till fifty years afterwards , and we shall reserve an account of their contents till we reach that period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in ...
... published till fifty years afterwards , and we shall reserve an account of their contents till we reach that period of his life . Galileo was by no means the first who had ventured to call in question the au- thority of Aristotle in ...
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Стр. 17 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Стр. 2 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Стр. 8 - 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.
Стр. 13 - 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...
Стр. 32 - 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.
Стр. 29 - I should desire that the last words which I should pronounce in this Academy, and from this place, might be the name of — MICHAEL ANGELO*.
Стр. 18 - Labour was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of' labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Стр. 30 - ... 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.
Стр. 36 - 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.
Стр. 62 - I held and believed that the sun is the centre of the world and immovable, and that the earth is not the centre and...