The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 56A. Constable, 1832 |
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... Dr Brewster's object to present an account of Newton's various discoveries , which should be interesting and intelligible to the great mass of readers ; a task which was not likely to fall into hands more competent to its execution . It ...
... Dr Brewster's object to present an account of Newton's various discoveries , which should be interesting and intelligible to the great mass of readers ; a task which was not likely to fall into hands more competent to its execution . It ...
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... Dr Brewster has manifested the same eagerness to force evidence into conformity with a foregone conclusion . It is certainly a singular circumstance , that after the lapse of nearly a hundred years from the death of Newton , a new and ...
... Dr Brewster has manifested the same eagerness to force evidence into conformity with a foregone conclusion . It is certainly a singular circumstance , that after the lapse of nearly a hundred years from the death of Newton , a new and ...
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... Dr. Brewster's credit as a historian of science , his statement is preg- nant with error , and inconsistent with fact . In part , we must confess ourselves unable to discover Dr Brewster's meaning ; for he says , that no grateful ...
... Dr. Brewster's credit as a historian of science , his statement is preg- nant with error , and inconsistent with fact . In part , we must confess ourselves unable to discover Dr Brewster's meaning ; for he says , that no grateful ...
Contents
The Life of Sir Isaac Newton By David now | 1 |
Auflage The Poems of Ludwig Uhland | 37 |
On Political Economy in Connexion with the Moral | 52 |
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