 As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 207by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Hales - History - 1830
...Newton, in his Optics, p. 380. " As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the method of Composition [or Synthesis.] " Tliis Analysis consists hi making experiments and observations, and in drawing general... | |
 | Sir William Rowan Hamilton - Science - 1833 - 34 pages
...remarked, in the spirit of Bacon, that " As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of Analysis ought ever to precede the method of Composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1834 - 157 pages
...in the same philosophic spirit—" As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | William Whewell - 1840
...his predecessors. Thus he says*, "As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. - This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions... | |
 | Edward Tatham - 1840
...analytic method : " As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy," he remarks, " the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 346 pages
...the same philosophic spirit — " As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method ot composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 346 pages
...philosophic spirit — " As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult tiiings by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | Dugald Stewart, John Veitch - 1854
...cases, conveyed the same idea. " As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things, by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of Composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing conclusions from them... | |
 | Dugald Stewart, John Veitch - 1854
...cases, conveyed the same idea. " As in Mathematies, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things, by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of Composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing conclusions from them... | |
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