Michael FaradayMacmillan and Company, 1872 - 176 oldal |
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... say that I had pretty well sketched out the second part of this book before I read M. Dumas ' “ Eloge Historique . " The close similarity of my analysis of Professor Faraday's character with that of the illustrious French chemist may ...
... say that I had pretty well sketched out the second part of this book before I read M. Dumas ' “ Eloge Historique . " The close similarity of my analysis of Professor Faraday's character with that of the illustrious French chemist may ...
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... says , " whilst an apprentice , to write , in my ignorance of the world and simplicity of my mind , to Sir Joseph Banks , then President of the Royal Society . Naturally enough , ' No answer ' was the reply left with the porter . " On ...
... says , " whilst an apprentice , to write , in my ignorance of the world and simplicity of my mind , to Sir Joseph Banks , then President of the Royal Society . Naturally enough , ' No answer ' was the reply left with the porter . " On ...
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... says , " 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 ...
... says , " 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 ...
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... say when the compound could be relied on , for it seemed very capricious ; for instance , one day it rose quietly in vapour in a tube exhausted by the air - pump , but the next day , when subjected to the same treatment , it exploded ...
... say when the compound could be relied on , for it seemed very capricious ; for instance , one day it rose quietly in vapour in a tube exhausted by the air - pump , but the next day , when subjected to the same treatment , it exploded ...
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... say rock and mountain , and would talk of them , yet I had no perfect ideas . Con- ceive then the astonishment , the pleasure , and the informa- tion which entered my mind in the varied county of Devon- shire , where the foundations of ...
... say rock and mountain , and would talk of them , yet I had no perfect ideas . Con- ceive then the astonishment , the pleasure , and the informa- tion which entered my mind in the varied county of Devon- shire , where the foundations of ...
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