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... writings that are now lost 18 , 19 Telescope , concerning the discovery of , by Galileo 20 , 26 - Porta's claim to the invention of , 20,21 Roger Bacon's claim to the in- 5 • vention of • claim by a Dutchman Spectacles , antiquity of ...
... writings that are now lost 18 , 19 Telescope , concerning the discovery of , by Galileo 20 , 26 - Porta's claim to the invention of , 20,21 Roger Bacon's claim to the in- 5 • vention of • claim by a Dutchman Spectacles , antiquity of ...
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... writing his work Gauging Appointed mathematical professor Bologna , in 1617 Publishes his Harmonics Inscription of polygons in circles · at 35 ton Kepler's " Epitome " prohibited at Rome and at Florence vii Page 45-48 ib . 48 48 , 49 49 ...
... writing his work Gauging Appointed mathematical professor Bologna , in 1617 Publishes his Harmonics Inscription of polygons in circles · at 35 ton Kepler's " Epitome " prohibited at Rome and at Florence vii Page 45-48 ib . 48 48 , 49 49 ...
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... writing as late as the 8th century , and are still employed by many eastern nations -the species which was the calamus of the ancients is unknown to modern botanists Notices of British printers who were his contemporaries 30-32 Birth ...
... writing as late as the 8th century , and are still employed by many eastern nations -the species which was the calamus of the ancients is unknown to modern botanists Notices of British printers who were his contemporaries 30-32 Birth ...
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... writings Anecdote of Johnson respecting him 17 , 18 18 Natural talents and attainments appre- ciated 1 · Origin and objects of the scientific expe- dition into Arabia 5-7 His birth and parentage ( 1733 ) Political character of the ...
... writings Anecdote of Johnson respecting him 17 , 18 18 Natural talents and attainments appre- ciated 1 · Origin and objects of the scientific expe- dition into Arabia 5-7 His birth and parentage ( 1733 ) Political character of the ...
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... writings appeared . Certainly the Italian did not range over the circle of the sciences with the supreme and searching glance of the English philosopher , but we find in every part of his writings philosophical maxims which do not lose ...
... writings appeared . Certainly the Italian did not range over the circle of the sciences with the supreme and searching glance of the English philosopher , but we find in every part of his writings philosophical maxims which do not lose ...
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Стр. 20 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 1 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.