Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical IntroductionMacDonald and Janes, 1974 - 413 oldal |
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142. oldal
... Empedocles of Agrig- entum ( see p . 127 ) as the author of the Greek theory of elements . In the large existing fragment of his didactic poem De natura , are found the outlines of a theory by which all changes in the world can be ...
... Empedocles of Agrig- entum ( see p . 127 ) as the author of the Greek theory of elements . In the large existing fragment of his didactic poem De natura , are found the outlines of a theory by which all changes in the world can be ...
143. oldal
... Empedocles may have been inspired by oriental ( Persian ) theories and that he was influenced by the role which the four elements seem to have played in certain initiation rites . It may be significant , too , that Empedocles seems to ...
... Empedocles may have been inspired by oriental ( Persian ) theories and that he was influenced by the role which the four elements seem to have played in certain initiation rites . It may be significant , too , that Empedocles seems to ...
154. oldal
... Empedocles refers to is not clear . Usually the term clepsydra meant a water clock as mentioned on p . 156 , but here it seems to be a kind of siphon . The description suggests a longish vessel of brass with an orifice at one end and ...
... Empedocles refers to is not clear . Usually the term clepsydra meant a water clock as mentioned on p . 156 , but here it seems to be a kind of siphon . The description suggests a longish vessel of brass with an orifice at one end and ...
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