 | 1834 - 410 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms...of man, when he created him after his own image." —pp. 411—414. ARTICLE IX. DISCOVERIES IN CENTRAL ASIA. Travels into Bokhara; being the Account... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms...velocity of the earth in its orbit. Absorbent media. Suhstances either solid, liquid, or fluid, which imbihe the rays of light and heat. Accidental colors.... | |
 | 1834 - 512 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms...the breast of man when He created him after His own image."—pp. 411—414. In separately considering these subjects, Mrs. Sorherville has advanced the... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1846 - 632 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...the breast of man, when he created him after his own image."t We have now reviewed, most hastily, some of the illustrations which God has given us of his... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 pagine
...Universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man when he created him after His own image." SOIURTILLK, on the Phytical Science!, p. 418. P. 37, 1. 13, 14. At market-place, in pulpitl, it the... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 506 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man when He created him after His own image. : • NOTE 1, page 2.— Diameter. A straight line passing through the center, and terminated both... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man when He created him after His own image. NOTES. NOTE 1, page 2. Diameter, A straight line passing through the centre, and terminated both ways... | |
 | 1846 - 632 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man, when he created him after his own image, "t We have now reviewed, most hastily, some of the illustrations which God has given us of his own... | |
 | Kai Erikson - 1997 - 324 pagine
...instrument of human power [the formulae of science] itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man when He created him after His own image." The moral authority of science, in Somerville's formulation, derives from the inherently transcendent... | |
 | Kathryn A. Neeley, Mary Somerville - 2001 - 284 pagine
...universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,...breast of man when He created him after His own image. (Conn 389-390) As in the other instances, tracing the mazes leads back to the Creator and to the powers... | |
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These formulae, emblematic of Omniscience, condense into a few symbols the immutable laws of the universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms,... 
