History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... for him to pronounce a judgment upon the characters and achievements of all the great physical philosophers of all ages , and in all sciences , But the assumption of this judicial position is so inevitably involved in the PREFACE . ix.
... for him to pronounce a judgment upon the characters and achievements of all the great physical philosophers of all ages , and in all sciences , But the assumption of this judicial position is so inevitably involved in the PREFACE . ix.
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... physical sciences only . But it would have conveyed a false impression of my purpose , had I described my history in any manner which implied that the sciences which it embraces are partially selected or arbitrarily limited . Those of ...
... physical sciences only . But it would have conveyed a false impression of my purpose , had I described my history in any manner which implied that the sciences which it embraces are partially selected or arbitrarily limited . Those of ...
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From the Earliest to the Present Times William Whewell. clearly exhibited in the physical sciences which form the subject of the present work , than in those hyper- physical sciences to which I have not extended my history . I will ...
From the Earliest to the Present Times William Whewell. clearly exhibited in the physical sciences which form the subject of the present work , than in those hyper- physical sciences to which I have not extended my history . I will ...
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... PHYSICAL SCIENCE . CHAPTER I. - PRELUDE TO THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY . Sect . 1. First Attempts of the Speculative Faculty in Phy- sical Inquiries 23 Sect . 2. Primitive Mistake in Greek Physical Philosophy . 32 CHAPTER II . — THE ...
... PHYSICAL SCIENCE . CHAPTER I. - PRELUDE TO THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY . Sect . 1. First Attempts of the Speculative Faculty in Phy- sical Inquiries 23 Sect . 2. Primitive Mistake in Greek Physical Philosophy . 32 CHAPTER II . — THE ...
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... PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN THE Introduction MIDDLE AGES . CHAPTER I. - ON THE INDISTINCTNESS OF IDEAS OF THE 235 MIDDLE AGES . • 237 1. Collections of Opinions 239 2. Indistinctness of Ideas in Mechanics 241 3 . shown in Architecture 246 4 ...
... PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN THE Introduction MIDDLE AGES . CHAPTER I. - ON THE INDISTINCTNESS OF IDEAS OF THE 235 MIDDLE AGES . • 237 1. Collections of Opinions 239 2. Indistinctness of Ideas in Mechanics 241 3 . shown in Architecture 246 4 ...
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