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... Method of Studying the Sciences . From the British Library of Useful Knowledge ... 138 207 A Discourse on the Nature and Advantages of the Study of the Physical Sciences . Part I. By J F. W. Herschel , Esq .... 267 A DISCOURSE DELIVERED ...
... Method of Studying the Sciences . From the British Library of Useful Knowledge ... 138 207 A Discourse on the Nature and Advantages of the Study of the Physical Sciences . Part I. By J F. W. Herschel , Esq .... 267 A DISCOURSE DELIVERED ...
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natural phenomena by other means ; by what is called the method of induction , that is , by a minute examination of facts , or what may properly be called experimental philo- sophy . This in his judgment was the only safe and sure road ...
natural phenomena by other means ; by what is called the method of induction , that is , by a minute examination of facts , or what may properly be called experimental philo- sophy . This in his judgment was the only safe and sure road ...
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... method . Having prepared a kite adapted for the purpose , he went out into a field , ac- companied by his son , to whom alone he had imparted his design . The kite was raised , having a key attached to the lower end of the cord , and ...
... method . Having prepared a kite adapted for the purpose , he went out into a field , ac- companied by his son , to whom alone he had imparted his design . The kite was raised , having a key attached to the lower end of the cord , and ...
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... method , by which a surface as hard as a rock can be carried along , over any foundation , at an expense not much greater , and , under some circumstances , not at all greater , than that of turnpike roads on the old construction . By ...
... method , by which a surface as hard as a rock can be carried along , over any foundation , at an expense not much greater , and , under some circumstances , not at all greater , than that of turnpike roads on the old construction . By ...
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... observing astronomer furnishes materials to the calculating astronomer , and the cal- culator derives methods from the pure mathematician ; and a long succession of each for ages must unite their 11 EVERETT'S LECTURE . 125.
... observing astronomer furnishes materials to the calculating astronomer , and the cal- culator derives methods from the pure mathematician ; and a long succession of each for ages must unite their 11 EVERETT'S LECTURE . 125.
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