The martyrs of science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and KeplerChatto and Windus, 1874 - 248 páginas |
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... contains many ingenious experiments , and 1 Discorso intorno alle cose che stanno in su l'acqua , o che in quella si muovono . Opere di Galileo , vol . ii . pp . 165-311 . F much acute reasoning , in support of the true principles ...
... contains many ingenious experiments , and 1 Discorso intorno alle cose che stanno in su l'acqua , o che in quella si muovono . Opere di Galileo , vol . ii . pp . 165-311 . F much acute reasoning , in support of the true principles ...
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... contains ; and it was scarcely possible that any man , possessed of a sound mind , and willing to learn the truth , should refuse his assent to the judicious views of its author . He expresses his belief that the Scriptures were ...
... contains ; and it was scarcely possible that any man , possessed of a sound mind , and willing to learn the truth , should refuse his assent to the judicious views of its author . He expresses his belief that the Scriptures were ...
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... and removed to the site of the splendid monument which now covers them . The monument , erected at the expense of the family of Nelli , contains the bust of Galileo , with figures of Geometry and Astronomy . It GALILEO . 105.
... and removed to the site of the splendid monument which now covers them . The monument , erected at the expense of the family of Nelli , contains the bust of Galileo , with figures of Geometry and Astronomy . It GALILEO . 105.
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... containing sixteen furnaces of various kinds . Beneath this was a well forty feet deep , from which water was distributed by syphons to every part of the building . Besides the principal building , there were other two situated without ...
... containing sixteen furnaces of various kinds . Beneath this was a well forty feet deep , from which water was distributed by syphons to every part of the building . Besides the principal building , there were other two situated without ...
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... prepared for publication about the beginning of 1593 , and contains also the letters of Rothman and Rantzau . For several years the studies of Tycho had been treated with an unwilling toleration by the Danish Court . 154 TYCHO BRAHE .
... prepared for publication about the beginning of 1593 , and contains also the letters of Rothman and Rantzau . For several years the studies of Tycho had been treated with an unwilling toleration by the Danish Court . 154 TYCHO BRAHE .
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The Martyrs of Science: Or, The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler David Brewster Visualização integral - 1841 |
The martyrs of science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler David Brewster Visualização integral - 1874 |
The Martyrs of Science: The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler Sir David Brewster Pré-visualização limitada - 1903 |
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