The Annual Biography and Obituary, 14. kötetLongman., 1830 |
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43. oldal
... philosopher of the age with the only means of enquiry within his reach , certainly affords a whimsical illustration of the maxim . Nor can we pass over these circumstances with- out observing how materially they must have influenced the ...
... philosopher of the age with the only means of enquiry within his reach , certainly affords a whimsical illustration of the maxim . Nor can we pass over these circumstances with- out observing how materially they must have influenced the ...
44. oldal
... philosopher through the unbeaten tracks and unexplored regions of science . In this art Davy certainly stands unri- valled ; and , like his prototype Scheele , he was unquestionably indebted for his address to the circumstances which ...
... philosopher through the unbeaten tracks and unexplored regions of science . In this art Davy certainly stands unri- valled ; and , like his prototype Scheele , he was unquestionably indebted for his address to the circumstances which ...
45. oldal
... way to some new and important discoveries in science ; so that , although our philosophers failed in obtaining the treasure for which they so eagerly dug , honour , and happily closed her eyes before her maternal SIR HUMPHRY DAVY . 45.
... way to some new and important discoveries in science ; so that , although our philosophers failed in obtaining the treasure for which they so eagerly dug , honour , and happily closed her eyes before her maternal SIR HUMPHRY DAVY . 45.
51. oldal
... philosopher : had he merely added the festoon and the Corinthian foliage to a temple built by other hands , he might not have merited any other eulogium ; but the edifice was his own - he brought the stone from the quarry , formed it ...
... philosopher : had he merely added the festoon and the Corinthian foliage to a temple built by other hands , he might not have merited any other eulogium ; but the edifice was his own - he brought the stone from the quarry , formed it ...
46. oldal
... philosophers in this or any other country have been able to attain . Davy was now constantly engaged in the prosecution of new experiments ; in the con- ception of which , as he himself candidly'informs us , he was greatly aided by the ...
... philosophers in this or any other country have been able to attain . Davy was now constantly engaged in the prosecution of new experiments ; in the con- ception of which , as he himself candidly'informs us , he was greatly aided by the ...
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395. oldal - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
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201. oldal - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political.
47. oldal - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
50. oldal - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
144. oldal - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
63. oldal - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.