The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... thought , erroneously , that discoveries were to be made by pursuing a train of conjecture , instead of ascertaining results ; and thus , whatever patience and labor philosophers might exercise , it came to be popularly thought that ...
... thought , erroneously , that discoveries were to be made by pursuing a train of conjecture , instead of ascertaining results ; and thus , whatever patience and labor philosophers might exercise , it came to be popularly thought that ...
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... thoughts . * The existence of gravitation , or a tendency to fall towards the centre of the earth , was already known , as affecting all bodies in the immediate vicinity of our planet ; and the great Galileo had even ascertained the law ...
... thoughts . * The existence of gravitation , or a tendency to fall towards the centre of the earth , was already known , as affecting all bodies in the immediate vicinity of our planet ; and the great Galileo had even ascertained the law ...
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... moon towards the earth , less by one sixth than that which was necessary to give the rate of motion actually possessed by that satellite . Another might have thought this but a trifling discrepancy , and , in NEWTON . 15.
... moon towards the earth , less by one sixth than that which was necessary to give the rate of motion actually possessed by that satellite . Another might have thought this but a trifling discrepancy , and , in NEWTON . 15.
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Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. thought this but a trifling discrepancy , and , in such cir- cumstances , might have taxed his ingenuity to account for it in a variety of ways , so as still to save the ...
Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. thought this but a trifling discrepancy , and , in such cir- cumstances , might have taxed his ingenuity to account for it in a variety of ways , so as still to save the ...
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... thought . The young philosopher of Italy ( for he had not then reached his twentieth year ) saw at once the important ap- plications which might be made of the thought that had suggested itself to him . He took care , therefore , to ...
... thought . The young philosopher of Italy ( for he had not then reached his twentieth year ) saw at once the important ap- plications which might be made of the thought that had suggested itself to him . He took care , therefore , to ...
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