History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present time v. 2, Volume 2 |
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Page 579 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Page 297 - I at first laid down, namely, that the chemical power of a current of electricity is in direct proportion to the absolute quantity of electricity which passes (377, 783).
Page 583 - The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted, in His works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration.
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Page 518 - Thus, though his general ideas obtained universal currency, he did not assume his due prominence as a geologist. In 1818, a generous attempt was made to direct a proper degree of public gratitude to him, in an article in the Edinburgh Review, the production of Dr. Fitton, a distinguished English geologist. And when the eminent philosopher, Wollaston, had bequeathed to the Geological Society of London a fund from which a gold medal was to be awarded to geological services, the first of such medals...
Page 270 - Subterranea, he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I die if I would change places with the Persian king.
Page 464 - He heard and saw all this, with much interest and distinct comprehension ; but when I had done, he shook his head and said : ' This is no experiment, this is an idea.
Page 294 - My desire to escape from trade, which I thought vicious and selfish, and to enter into the service of Science, which I imagined made its pursuers amiable and liberal, induced me at last to take the bold and simple step of writing to Sir H. Davy...
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Page 251 - An account of several new Instruments and Processes for determining the Constants of a Voltaic Circuit.
Bibliographic information
| Title | History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present time v. 2, Volume 2 History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present time v. 2, William Whewell |
| Author | William Whewell |
| Publisher | D. Appleton and Company, 1858 |
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