The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].Wells and Lilly, 1830 - Всего страниц: 3 |
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... already known , as affecting all bodies in the immediate vicinity of our planet ; and the great Galileo had even ascertained the law , or rate , according to which their motion is accelerated as they continue their descent . But no one ...
... already known , as affecting all bodies in the immediate vicinity of our planet ; and the great Galileo had even ascertained the law , or rate , according to which their motion is accelerated as they continue their descent . But no one ...
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... already known to affect at least every body in the immediate neighbourhood of the earth . But these things are only simple after they are explained . Slight and transparent as we may think the veil to have been which covered the truths ...
... already known to affect at least every body in the immediate neighbourhood of the earth . But these things are only simple after they are explained . Slight and transparent as we may think the veil to have been which covered the truths ...
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... already rubbed away by the soldier . He immediately conceived the idea that it would be practicable to find a way of covering a plate of copper in the same manner with little holes , which , being inked and laid upon paper , would un ...
... already rubbed away by the soldier . He immediately conceived the idea that it would be practicable to find a way of covering a plate of copper in the same manner with little holes , which , being inked and laid upon paper , would un ...
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... already triumph- antly overcome by others . Above all , books , and espe- cially elementary books , have , in our day , been mul- tiplied to an extent that puts them within the reach almost of the poorest student ; and books , after all ...
... already triumph- antly overcome by others . Above all , books , and espe- cially elementary books , have , in our day , been mul- tiplied to an extent that puts them within the reach almost of the poorest student ; and books , after all ...
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... already spent and gone , these have all , separately or in various combinations , exerted their influence either to check the pursuit of knowledge , or to prevent the very desire of it from springing up . But they exerted this influence ...
... already spent and gone , these have all , separately or in various combinations , exerted their influence either to check the pursuit of knowledge , or to prevent the very desire of it from springing up . But they exerted this influence ...
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