History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Volumen1J.W. Parker, 1837 |
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... tables , a . 225 Alternation ( of formations ) , c . 541 Amphoteric silicides , c . 250 Analogy ( in Natural History ) , c . 353 , 355 Analysis ( chemical ) , c . 107 ( polar , of light ) , b . 384 , 385 Angle of cleavage , c . 202 ...
... tables , a . 225 Alternation ( of formations ) , c . 541 Amphoteric silicides , c . 250 Analogy ( in Natural History ) , c . 353 , 355 Analysis ( chemical ) , c . 107 ( polar , of light ) , b . 384 , 385 Angle of cleavage , c . 202 ...
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... tables , a . 225 Halogenes , c . 183 Haloide , c . 249 Harmonics , acute , b . 317 grave , b . 319 Heat , b . 468 latent , b . 429 Heccædecaeteris , a . 127 Height of a homogenous atmo- sphere , b . 314 Heliacal rising and setting , a ...
... tables , a . 225 Halogenes , c . 183 Haloide , c . 249 Harmonics , acute , b . 317 grave , b . 319 Heat , b . 468 latent , b . 429 Heccædecaeteris , a . 127 Height of a homogenous atmo- sphere , b . 314 Heliacal rising and setting , a ...
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... tables , a . 434 Phlogisticated air , c . 126 Phlogiston , c . 118 Phthongometer , b . 336 Physical optics , b . 340 Piston , b . 63 Plagihedral faces , b . 388 Plane of maximum areas , b . 119 Pleiocene , c . 529 Plesiomorphous , c ...
... tables , a . 434 Phlogisticated air , c . 126 Phlogiston , c . 118 Phthongometer , b . 336 Physical optics , b . 340 Piston , b . 63 Plagihedral faces , b . 388 Plane of maximum areas , b . 119 Pleiocene , c . 529 Plesiomorphous , c ...
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... Tables , Solar ( of Ptolemy ) , a . 172 Hakemite , a . 225 Toletan , a . 225 Ilchanic , a . 225 Alphonsine , a . 225 Prutenic , a . 382 Rudolphine , a . 431 Perpetual ( of Lansberg ) , a . 431 Philolaic , a . 434 Carolinian , a . 434 ...
... Tables , Solar ( of Ptolemy ) , a . 172 Hakemite , a . 225 Toletan , a . 225 Ilchanic , a . 225 Alphonsine , a . 225 Prutenic , a . 382 Rudolphine , a . 431 Perpetual ( of Lansberg ) , a . 431 Philolaic , a . 434 Carolinian , a . 434 ...
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... table of the progress of any science would thus resemble the map of a river , in which the waters from separate sources ... tables , my views of the history of the sciences , I conceive that I have secured the distribution of my history ...
... table of the progress of any science would thus resemble the map of a river , in which the waters from separate sources ... tables , my views of the history of the sciences , I conceive that I have secured the distribution of my history ...
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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...