 | Richard Jones - 1831 - 470 oldal
...occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is OBSERVATION : or, secondly, by putting in action causes and agents over which we...take place; this is EXPERIMENT. To these two sources we must look as the fountains of all natural science. It is not intended, however, by thus distinguishing... | |
 | Richard Jones - 1831 - 466 oldal
...occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur ; this is OBSERVATION : or, secondly, by putting in action causes and agents over which we...take place ; this is EXPERIMENT. To these two sources we must look as the fountains of all natural science. It is not intended, however, by thus distinguishing... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1831 - 310 oldal
...secondly, by putting in action causes and agents over which we have contrbl, and purposely varying theii combinations, and noticing what effects take place ; this is EXPERIMENT. To these two sources we must look as the fountains of all natural science. It is not intended, however, by thus distinguishing... | |
 | 1832 - 780 oldal
...settle this, we will refer to Mr. Herschell's definition of science, as given in Lardner's Cyclopedia. He says, " The great, and indeed the only, ultimate...perfected, until the whole processes are laid open, and their language simplified and rendered universally intelligible. Art is the application of knowledge... | |
 | 1921 - 472 oldal
...occurrence, or to vary the circumsiances under which they occur: this is Observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes and agents over which we...noticing what effects take place; this is Experiment." (Sir John Herschel, Discourse. [67.].) "Passive and active observation might better express their distinction.'... | |
 | William Prout - 1834 - 616 oldal
...influence the frequency of their occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur ;" or " by putting in action causes and agents over which we have control, and purposely varying these combinations, and noticing what effects take place."* Now in all the higher departments of knowledge... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 572 oldal
...influence the frequency of their occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur ;" or " by putting in action causes and agents over which we have control, and purposely varying these combinations, and noticing what effects take place."* Now in all the higher departments of knowr... | |
 | 1836 - 300 oldal
...influence the frequency of their occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur;" or " by putting in action causes and agents over which we have control, and purposely varying these combinations, and noticing what effects take place."* Now in all the higher departments of knowledge... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1837 - 512 oldal
...nature is experience, in which term we include experiment and observation. In experiment we put into action causes and agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, notice what effects take place; in observation we simply notice facts as they occur without any attempt... | |
 | 1843 - 708 oldal
...or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is ORSERVATION ; or, secondly, by paltine in action causes and agents over which we have control,...noticing what effects take place; this is EXPERIMENT. — StrtcktU'i Preliminary Discount: on the Study of Natural Philotophy, p. 76. litical experience... | |
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But experience may be acquired in two ways: either, first, by noticing facts as they occur, without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence, or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is OBSERVATION: or, secondly, by... 
