Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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... short notices of his situation and occupations during every year of his life ; it is indeed extended beyond the date of his existence , to the 50th year , opposite to which the words our O , if God pleases , are inserted ; it appears to ...
... short notices of his situation and occupations during every year of his life ; it is indeed extended beyond the date of his existence , to the 50th year , opposite to which the words our O , if God pleases , are inserted ; it appears to ...
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... short , but more accurate sketch of his life than has hitherto appeared , which I am enabled to give from the authority of his son , may be acceptable to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in Anglesey ...
... short , but more accurate sketch of his life than has hitherto appeared , which I am enabled to give from the authority of his son , may be acceptable to the lovers of science . Mr. William Jones was born in the year 1680 , in Anglesey ...
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... short and easy method ; 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : - A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . A Tract of Logarithms . Account of a Person killed by Lightning in ...
... short and easy method ; 8vo . 1706 . In the Philosophical Transactions : - A Compendious Disposition of Equations for exhibiting the Relations of Geometrical Lines . A Tract of Logarithms . Account of a Person killed by Lightning in ...
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... short time afterwards , when his attendants were putting on his clothes , which were impru- dently fastened with hooks , he struggled , either in play , or in some childish pet , and a hook was fixed in his right eye . By due care ...
... short time afterwards , when his attendants were putting on his clothes , which were impru- dently fastened with hooks , he struggled , either in play , or in some childish pet , and a hook was fixed in his right eye . By due care ...
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... short time to Oxford , that he might go through the regular forms of election and admission . He was accordingly elected fellow on the foundation of Sir Simon Bennet , on the 7th of August , 1766 . The idea of deriving an absolute ...
... short time to Oxford , that he might go through the regular forms of election and admission . He was accordingly elected fellow on the foundation of Sir Simon Bennet , on the 7th of August , 1766 . The idea of deriving an absolute ...
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