... and the doctrine of light and colours, seems to be giving us an inlet into their internal structure, on which all their sensible properties depend. By pursuing this new light, therefore, the bounds of natural science may possibly be extended beyond... The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart - Pagina 156di John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 547 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Joseph Priestley - 1780 - 494 pagine
...light, therefore, the bounds of natural science may possibly be extended beyond what we can now form an idea of. New worlds may open to our view, and the...contemporaries, be eclipsed by a new set of philosophers, hi quite a new field of speculation. Could that great man revisit the earth, and view the experiments... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 310 pagine
...idea of. New worlds may be opened to our view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton himself may be eclipsed, by a new set of philosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." Before we conclude this subject, there is a circumstance respecting Davy and his biographer, Dr. Paris,... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 164 pagine
...science may possibly be extended beyond what we now can form any idea of. New worlds may be opened to our view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton himself may be eclipsed, by a new set of pilosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." Before we conclude... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 pagine
...science may possibly be extended beyond what we now can form any idea of. New worlds may be opened to our view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton himself may be eclipsed, by a new set of pilosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." Before we conclude... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 pagine
...science may possibly be extended beyond what we now can form any idea of. New worlds may be opened to our view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton himself may be eclipsed, by a new set of pilosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." Before we conclude... | |
| 1843 - 404 pagine
...science may possibly be extended beyond what we now can conceive. New worlds may be opened to our view by a new set of philosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." The foregoing remarks were not penned in a spirit of wanton innovation, but with a sincere desire to... | |
| 1848 - 914 pagine
...form any idea of; new worlds may be opened to our view, and the glory of the great Newton himself, may be eclipsed by a new set of philosophers, in quite a new field of speculation." Dr. Paris, in his biography of Sir H. Davy, mentions that " Sir H. supposed the heat of the animal... | |
| 1884 - 502 pagine
...possibly be extended beyond what we can have any idea of. " New worlds," he continues, " may open up to view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton...philosophers in quite a new field of speculation." Nearly one hundred and twenty years have passed since those prophetic words were written, and truly... | |
| David Knight - 1998 - 236 pagine
...light, therefore, the bounds of natural science may possibly be extended, beyond what we can now form an idea of. New worlds may open to our view, and the glory of the great Sir Isaac Newton ... be eclipsed.51 This was to be Davy's programme. The chemist working with electricity was pursuing... | |
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