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... learned the art of printing during his stay in the Low Countries 23 Reeds originally used , in place of quills , for making pens ib . · " Game of Chess , " the first book printed by Caxton , in England , in 1474 . 24 were in use for ...
... learned the art of printing during his stay in the Low Countries 23 Reeds originally used , in place of quills , for making pens ib . · " Game of Chess , " the first book printed by Caxton , in England , in 1474 . 24 were in use for ...
Page 23
... learned on the subject ; and returning to Padua , he immediately applied him- self to consider the means by which such an effect could be produced . Fuccarius , in an abusive letter which he wrote on the subject , asserts that one of ...
... learned on the subject ; and returning to Padua , he immediately applied him- self to consider the means by which such an effect could be produced . Fuccarius , in an abusive letter which he wrote on the subject , asserts that one of ...
Page 36
... the name of Federigo Cesi might have ap- peared more prominently on the page of history . Cesi had scarcely completed Salusbury , Math . Coll . be learned from the habits of constant correspondence with each 36 GALILEO :
... the name of Federigo Cesi might have ap- peared more prominently on the page of history . Cesi had scarcely completed Salusbury , Math . Coll . be learned from the habits of constant correspondence with each 36 GALILEO :
Page 37
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain). be learned from the habits of constant correspondence with each other , and alternate offices of counsel and assist- ance . - Let the first fruits of wisdom be love ; and so ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain). be learned from the habits of constant correspondence with each other , and alternate offices of counsel and assist- ance . - Let the first fruits of wisdom be love ; and so ...
Page 64
... learned editors of what is commonly called the Jesuit's edi- tion of Newton's " Principia " were of opinion , that in adopting the Copernican system they should transgress a mandate emanating from any thing short of infal- lible wisdom ...
... learned editors of what is commonly called the Jesuit's edi- tion of Newton's " Principia " were of opinion , that in adopting the Copernican system they should transgress a mandate emanating from any thing short of infal- lible wisdom ...
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