The Art of Scientific Discovery: Or, The General Conditions and Methods of Research in Physics and ChemistryLongmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - 648 páginas |
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... greatest bequests man can make to his fellow men , is a discovery of a great general truth . Discoveries are living waters ' fresh from the fountain of intelligence . The discoveries of great men never leave us ; they are immortal ...
... greatest bequests man can make to his fellow men , is a discovery of a great general truth . Discoveries are living waters ' fresh from the fountain of intelligence . The discoveries of great men never leave us ; they are immortal ...
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... greatest practical rule of righteousness is to try our utmost to make the best use of all the powers and opportunities entrusted to us , and as extended knowledge is necessary in order to enable us to effect that object , so far is ...
... greatest practical rule of righteousness is to try our utmost to make the best use of all the powers and opportunities entrusted to us , and as extended knowledge is necessary in order to enable us to effect that object , so far is ...
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... greatest and most impenetrable secrets of nature are made the subjects of thought and examination by scientific investigators ; but many of the objects sought to be discovered are unattainable . Some of these objects are absolutely so ...
... greatest and most impenetrable secrets of nature are made the subjects of thought and examination by scientific investigators ; but many of the objects sought to be discovered are unattainable . Some of these objects are absolutely so ...
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... greatest branches of tele- graphy — submarine telegraphy . ' ' The great genius , Wheatstone , as early as the year 1839 , I think , formed the idea of a cable connecting England with France . The genius of Faraday and the skill of ...
... greatest branches of tele- graphy — submarine telegraphy . ' ' The great genius , Wheatstone , as early as the year 1839 , I think , formed the idea of a cable connecting England with France . The genius of Faraday and the skill of ...
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... greatest truths remaining unknown can probably be discovered only by means of exhaustive researches which disclose exceptional instances , or of extreme refinements in science , which will enable us to detect and examine excessively ...
... greatest truths remaining unknown can probably be discovered only by means of exhaustive researches which disclose exceptional instances , or of extreme refinements in science , which will enable us to detect and examine excessively ...
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¹ Whewell acid action appear astronomical beliefs bodies Caroline Herschel cause chemical chemical affinity chemistry circumstances classification complete conclusions covery Crown 8vo degree detect discovered DISCOVERY BY MEANS earth effect electric electric current elementary bodies employed enabled error evidence excite existence experiments extensive facts false Faraday forces G. C. Lewis galvanometer heat History of Chemistry hydrogen hypotheses ideas important impressions Inductive Sciences inference instance intellect invention kind known labour large number laws less Leyden jar light magnetism matter ment mental method mind motion nature Newton nitric acid observation obtained original research oxygen perceive perception persons pheno phenomena phenomenon phlogiston physical possess probably produce properties proposition proved qualitative quantitative R. W. Dale reason requires Royal Society rubidium scientific discovery scientific research scientific truths senses similar statement substances temperature thallium theory things thought tion tricity true usually various voltaic whilst
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Página 372 - One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confined to single parts.
Página 600 - Avogadro's law states that equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules...
Página 275 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 96 - I think it may not be amiss to take notice, that however faith be opposed to reason, faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to any thing but upon good reason ; and so cannot be opposite to it. He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies; but neither seeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker...
Página 293 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth...
Página 649 - Price 3$. 6d. On the STRENGTH of MATERIALS and STRUCTURES : the Strength of Materials as depending on their quality and as ascertained by Testing Apparatus ; the Strength of Structures, as depending on their form and arrangement, and on the materials of which they are composed. By Sir J. ANDERSON, CE &c.