The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... known to have , about this time , engaged much of his attention ; and the little incident which in- terrupted him , was instantly seized upon , by his eager spirit , and , by that power which is in genius , assimilated with its thoughts ...
... known to have , about this time , engaged much of his attention ; and the little incident which in- terrupted him , was instantly seized upon , by his eager spirit , and , by that power which is in genius , assimilated with its thoughts ...
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... known rate of motion . Now , this step of the discovery was marked by a very sin- gular circumstance , and one strikingly illustrative of the truly philosophic character of this great man's mind . In the computations which he undertook ...
... known rate of motion . Now , this step of the discovery was marked by a very sin- gular circumstance , and one strikingly illustrative of the truly philosophic character of this great man's mind . In the computations which he undertook ...
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... known to affect at least every body in the immediate neighborhood of the earth . But these things are only simple after they are explained . Slight and transparent as we may think the veil to have been which covered the truths alluded ...
... known to affect at least every body in the immediate neighborhood of the earth . But these things are only simple after they are explained . Slight and transparent as we may think the veil to have been which covered the truths alluded ...
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... known to the ancients ; one of whose philoso- phers , HERO of Alexandria , had , about a century before the birth of Christ , constructed upon that principle , the fountain , or jet d'eau , which still goes by his name . The common ...
... known to the ancients ; one of whose philoso- phers , HERO of Alexandria , had , about a century before the birth of Christ , constructed upon that principle , the fountain , or jet d'eau , which still goes by his name . The common ...
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... known , howev- er , that the two brothers had , before this , studied and made themselves familiar with Priestley's work on the different kinds of air ; and it is even said , that Stephen had conceived the idea of navigating the heavens ...
... known , howev- er , that the two brothers had , before this , studied and made themselves familiar with Priestley's work on the different kinds of air ; and it is even said , that Stephen had conceived the idea of navigating the heavens ...
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