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In 1720 , when librarian to the university , he associated with some of the
professors in founding the academy of sciences of Upsal , which was soon after
established by government , and is the oldest institution of that kind in the north ;
and ...
In 1720 , when librarian to the university , he associated with some of the
professors in founding the academy of sciences of Upsal , which was soon after
established by government , and is the oldest institution of that kind in the north ;
and ...
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In 1740 he was invited to Lyons and appointed professor of mathematics ,
director of the observatory , and keeper of the medals ; and the same year he
became astronomer to the academy , the memoirs of which are enriched by a
great many ...
In 1740 he was invited to Lyons and appointed professor of mathematics ,
director of the observatory , and keeper of the medals ; and the same year he
became astronomer to the academy , the memoirs of which are enriched by a
great many ...
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Among his other papers , inserted in the memoirs of the academy , we find
several on vegetation , on the evaporation of liquids , and the ascent of vapours ,
on light , a physical theory on the rotation of the earth and the inclination of its
axis ...
Among his other papers , inserted in the memoirs of the academy , we find
several on vegetation , on the evaporation of liquids , and the ascent of vapours ,
on light , a physical theory on the rotation of the earth and the inclination of its
axis ...
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His drawings in the academy were much approved ; but towards the latter part of
his 1 Pilkington and Stratt . - Lives of Painters omitted by De Piles , 8vo . p . 94 ,
Argenville , life , he only painted small pieces in the historical B E R C 29 H E M .
His drawings in the academy were much approved ; but towards the latter part of
his 1 Pilkington and Stratt . - Lives of Painters omitted by De Piles , 8vo . p . 94 ,
Argenville , life , he only painted small pieces in the historical B E R C 29 H E M .
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In all his works there is a logical arrangement and precision , and the only
objection the French critics have is to his style , which is sometimes rather diffuse
. He died at Paris , April 9 , 1790 . He was a member of the academy ...
In all his works there is a logical arrangement and precision , and the only
objection the French critics have is to his style , which is sometimes rather diffuse
. He died at Paris , April 9 , 1790 . He was a member of the academy ...
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Seite 58 - A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be Erected in the Summer Islands, Otherwise Called the Isles of Bermuda . . . London, 1724 •'[ Fothergill, John].
Seite 62 - Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflections and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of TAR WATER...
Seite 255 - The effect of certaine Sermons touching the full Redemption of Mankind by the death and bloud of Christ Jesus ; wherein...
Seite 308 - In the preamble of this act (which passed the legislature), a conviction was expressed, that ' if many offenders convicted of crimes for which transportation has been usually inflicted, were ordered to solitary confinement, accompanied by well regulated labour and religious instruction, it might be the means, under Providence, not only of deterring others from the commission of the like crimes, but also of reforming the individuals and inuring them to habits of industry.
Seite 492 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Seite 63 - As to his person, he was a handsome man, with a countenance full of meaning and benignity, remarkable for great strength of limbs, and, till his sedentary life impaired it, of a very robust constitution.
Seite 176 - Could how Betterton spoke be as easily known as what he spoke, then might you see the muse of Shakspeare in her triumph, with all her beauties in their best array, rising into real life and charming her beholders.
Seite 178 - Cassius, in your looks ! &c. Not but in some part of this scene, where he reproaches Cassius, his temper is not under this suppression, but opens into that warmth which becomes a man of virtue ; yet this is that hasty spark of anger, which Brutus himself endeavours to excuse.
Seite 55 - Berkeley; and indeed most of the writings of that very ingenious author form the best lessons of scepticism, which are to be found either among the ancient or modern philosophers, Bayle not excepted. He professes, however, in his title-page (and undoubtedly with great truth) to have composed his book against the sceptics as well as against the atheists and freethinkers. But that all his arguments, though otherwise intended, are, in reality, merely sceptical, appears from this, that they admit of...
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| Titel | The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.. Band 20 von The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Nichols, Son, and Bentley |
| Mitwirkende | Alexander Chalmers, John Nichols, Nichols, Son, and Bentley |
| Verlag | J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1812 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Jan. 2007 |
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