 | Science - 1877 - 612 pages
...merely a branch of the mathematical sciences, for it has a- relation to almost every species of useful knowledge that the mind of man can be employed upon....calculating the number of the combinations of the things proposed ; but by the conclusions that are obtained by it the sagacity of the natural philosopher,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - Science - 1877 - 600 pages
...MASERES (London, 1795, p. 353), quoted by JEVONS in Principles of Science, vol. i., pp. 198 — 200. proceeds, indeed, upon mathematical principles in...calculating the number of the combinations of the things proposed ; but by the conclusions that are obtained by it the sagacity of the natural philosopher,... | |
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Nor is this art or doctrine to be considered merely a branch of the mathematical sciences, for it has a- relation to almost every species of useful knowledge that the mind of man can be employed upon. It proceeds, indeed, upon mathematical principles... 