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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... means of our natural faculties , nor to communicate them by ordinary means . It is a natural process , and , being such , it must have laws according to which it operates . It is effected by means of our mental powers , and is there ...
... means of our natural faculties , nor to communicate them by ordinary means . It is a natural process , and , being such , it must have laws according to which it operates . It is effected by means of our mental powers , and is there ...
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... MEANS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS AND METHODS OF WORKING a . By Making , or Repeating in a Modified Form , Experiments ... MEANS OF ADDITIONAL , NEW , OR IMPROVED OBSERVATIONS a . By Additional or New Observations with Know Instruments or by ...
... MEANS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS AND METHODS OF WORKING a . By Making , or Repeating in a Modified Form , Experiments ... MEANS OF ADDITIONAL , NEW , OR IMPROVED OBSERVATIONS a . By Additional or New Observations with Know Instruments or by ...
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... means of actually detecting it . The com- plexity also of the phenomena of nature is generally so great , that we are at present only able to completely understand a few of the very simplest . From these and many other circumstances we ...
... means of actually detecting it . The com- plexity also of the phenomena of nature is generally so great , that we are at present only able to completely understand a few of the very simplest . From these and many other circumstances we ...
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... means of our intellectual powers . The conclusion that the original source of all our ideas is experience and observation , is alsó strongly supported by the fact that those who are born deaf have no idea of musical tones , and those ...
... means of our intellectual powers . The conclusion that the original source of all our ideas is experience and observation , is alsó strongly supported by the fact that those who are born deaf have no idea of musical tones , and those ...
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... means of an action of memory . Without memory there could be no mental development or education ; if we had not memory , our other mental powers would be nearly useless . It sup- plies us largely with the material for thought and reflec ...
... means of an action of memory . Without memory there could be no mental development or education ; if we had not memory , our other mental powers would be nearly useless . It sup- plies us largely with the material for thought and reflec ...
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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.