The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... complete one , and it was admitted as such at once . He had made his calculation with care , although one of its elements was false ; it did not present the result it ought to have done , had his hypothesis been as true as it was ...
... complete one , and it was admitted as such at once . He had made his calculation with care , although one of its elements was false ; it did not present the result it ought to have done , had his hypothesis been as true as it was ...
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... complete discovery of the principle of the most perfect measure of time which we yet possess . How striking a lesson is this for us , when we discover , or think we dis- cover , any fact in the economy of Nature which we have reason to ...
... complete discovery of the principle of the most perfect measure of time which we yet possess . How striking a lesson is this for us , when we discover , or think we dis- cover , any fact in the economy of Nature which we have reason to ...
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... for him , at first , it is said , among his ignorant and astonished neighbors , the reputa- tion of being a magician . He was afterwards sent by his father to complete his studies at Paris , where he VONDEL . PITOT . 69.
... for him , at first , it is said , among his ignorant and astonished neighbors , the reputa- tion of being a magician . He was afterwards sent by his father to complete his studies at Paris , where he VONDEL . PITOT . 69.
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Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. father to complete his studies at Paris , where he was in- troduced to Réaumur , the celebrated naturalist , ( whose work on insects is still one of the most philosophical ...
Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. father to complete his studies at Paris , where he was in- troduced to Réaumur , the celebrated naturalist , ( whose work on insects is still one of the most philosophical ...
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... complete destitution ; but although he had never re- ceived any regular education , he had before this made a few attempts at verse - making , and in his extremity he bethought him of turning his talent in this way , which certainly was ...
... complete destitution ; but although he had never re- ceived any regular education , he had before this made a few attempts at verse - making , and in his extremity he bethought him of turning his talent in this way , which certainly was ...
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