The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... called , of the editor , in preparing this edition for the press , has been so trivial as scarcely to deserve to be mentioned . In reading the work , wherever a complicated sentence could be made clearer by division or modification , he ...
... called , of the editor , in preparing this edition for the press , has been so trivial as scarcely to deserve to be mentioned . In reading the work , wherever a complicated sentence could be made clearer by division or modification , he ...
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... called its cause , of which they were ignorant , suc tion . But the theory of the philosophers was more irra tional than that of the multitude ; only that , professing to rest upon one of the great laws of Nature , it looked some- what ...
... called its cause , of which they were ignorant , suc tion . But the theory of the philosophers was more irra tional than that of the multitude ; only that , professing to rest upon one of the great laws of Nature , it looked some- what ...
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... called mez- zotinto , which is said to have been suggested to him , by observing a soldier one morning rubbing off from the bar- rel of his musket , the rust which it had contracted from being exposed to the nightdew . The Prince ...
... called mez- zotinto , which is said to have been suggested to him , by observing a soldier one morning rubbing off from the bar- rel of his musket , the rust which it had contracted from being exposed to the nightdew . The Prince ...
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... called at the moment by a picture of it , on which he had accidentally cast his eyes . It is known , howev- er , that the two brothers had , before this , studied and made themselves familiar with Priestley's work on the different kinds ...
... called at the moment by a picture of it , on which he had accidentally cast his eyes . It is known , howev- er , that the two brothers had , before this , studied and made themselves familiar with Priestley's work on the different kinds ...
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... called the Laughing Philosopher , who one day met him carry- ing into the city , on his back , a very heavy load of wood , and was a good deal surprised on perceiving that the PROTAGORAS . CLEANTHES . HAUY . 39 pieces were piled 38 THE ...
... called the Laughing Philosopher , who one day met him carry- ing into the city , on his back , a very heavy load of wood , and was a good deal surprised on perceiving that the PROTAGORAS . CLEANTHES . HAUY . 39 pieces were piled 38 THE ...
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