History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Volumen1J.W. Parker, 1837 |
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... century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alexander the Great wrote to his former tutor to this effect ; " You have not done well in publishing these lectures ; for how shall we , your pupils , excel other men , if you make ...
... century , as well as by Plutarch . It is said , that Alexander the Great wrote to his former tutor to this effect ; " You have not done well in publishing these lectures ; for how shall we , your pupils , excel other men , if you make ...
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... centuries , till they were again called up in Galileo , and more remarkably in Stevinus . This time , they were not destined again to slumber ; and the results of their activity have been the formation of two sciences , which are as ...
... centuries , till they were again called up in Galileo , and more remarkably in Stevinus . This time , they were not destined again to slumber ; and the results of their activity have been the formation of two sciences , which are as ...
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... ) says , that according to the legend , it was King Aseth who first added the 5 additional days to 360 , for the year , in the eighteenth century B. C. moon , and therefore must be treated of hereafter . ITS EARLIEST STAGES . 121.
... ) says , that according to the legend , it was King Aseth who first added the 5 additional days to 360 , for the year , in the eighteenth century B. C. moon , and therefore must be treated of hereafter . ITS EARLIEST STAGES . 121.
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... century , B. C .: but Ideler thinks the astronomical knowledge of the Greeks of that age was too limited to allow of such a dis- covery . This cycle , however , was imperfect . The duration of 99 lunations is something more than 2922 ...
... century , B. C .: but Ideler thinks the astronomical knowledge of the Greeks of that age was too limited to allow of such a dis- covery . This cycle , however , was imperfect . The duration of 99 lunations is something more than 2922 ...
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... centuries , we find no single observation , or fact , connected with astronomy , in the Chinese histories ; and their astro- nomy has never advanced beyond a very rude and imperfect condition . We can only conjecture the mode in which ...
... centuries , we find no single observation , or fact , connected with astronomy , in the Chinese histories ; and their astro- nomy has never advanced beyond a very rude and imperfect condition . We can only conjecture the mode in which ...
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Página 178 - 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 425 - Malo me Galatea petit, lasciva puella, et fugit ad salices, et se cupit ante videri.
Página xxxiv - But a just story of learning, containing the antiquities and originals of knowledges and their sects, their inventions, their traditions, their diverse administrations and managings, their flourishings, their oppositions, decays, depressions, oblivions, removes, with the causes and occasions of them, and all other events concerning learning, throughout the ages of the world, I may truly affirm to be wanting.
Página 234 - Heav'n 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 blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.
Página 234 - 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 sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus
Página 36 - Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which number suggests, collected ten principles, — Limited and Unlimited, Odd and Even, One and Many, Right and Left, Male and Female, Rest and Motion, Straight and Curved, Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and Oblong. We shall see hereafter, that Aristotle himself deduced the doctrine of four elements, and other dogmas, by oppositions of the same kind.
Página 253 - It is not through ignorance of the things admired by them, but through contempt of their useless labour, that we think little of these matters, turning our souls to the exercise of better things.
Página 410 - And in like manner, when a ray of light falls upon the surface of any pellucid body, and is there refracted or reflected, may not waves of vibrations, or tremors, be thereby excited in the refracting or reflecting medium at the point of incidence...
Página 511 - This index of refraction is still more materially affected when a body passes from the solid to the liquid, or from the liquid to the gaseous condition...
Página 40 - Aristotle, in a passage already cited, "decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down; for as in nothing there are no differences, so there are none in a privation or negation; but a void is merely a privation or negation...