The Life and Letters of Faraday, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1870 - 440 páginas The Life and Letters of Faraday By Dr. Bence Jones [Volume 1] |
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... character when he changed his course of life , and began his scientific career at the very lowest step , but under the greatest master of the time . Four days after his apprenticeship ended , he wrote to his friend Abbott . 1812 . ÆT ...
... character when he changed his course of life , and began his scientific career at the very lowest step , but under the greatest master of the time . Four days after his apprenticeship ended , he wrote to his friend Abbott . 1812 . ÆT ...
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... character . ' When meditating and examining the character of a person with respect to his fitness for a companion , I go much farther than is generally the case . A good com- panion , in the common acceptation of the word , is one who ...
... character . ' When meditating and examining the character of a person with respect to his fitness for a companion , I go much farther than is generally the case . A good com- panion , in the common acceptation of the word , is one who ...
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... character ? Is he a commendable companion ? No , surely not . Nor will such ever gain my commendation . On re- collecting myself , I fancy I have said enough on this subject ; I will therefore draw towards a conclusion . I am in hopes ...
... character ? Is he a commendable companion ? No , surely not . Nor will such ever gain my commendation . On re- collecting myself , I fancy I have said enough on this subject ; I will therefore draw towards a conclusion . I am in hopes ...
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... character when he descends so low as to angle for claps , and asks for commendation . Yet have I seen a lecturer even at this point . I have heard him cause- lessly condemn his own powers . I have heard him dwell for a length of time on ...
... character when he descends so low as to angle for claps , and asks for commendation . Yet have I seen a lecturer even at this point . I have heard him cause- lessly condemn his own powers . I have heard him dwell for a length of time on ...
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... character- istic of the man . ' I was formerly a bookseller and binder , but am now turned philosopher , which happened thus : — Whilst an apprentice , I , for amusement , learnt a little of chemistry and other parts of philosophy , and ...
... character- istic of the man . ' I was formerly a bookseller and binder , but am now turned philosopher , which happened thus : — Whilst an apprentice , I , for amusement , learnt a little of chemistry and other parts of philosophy , and ...
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