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... moderators's book for 1778 . 171 Verbatim account of a disputation in the sophs's schools in 1784 . Description of acts kept in 1790 ( Gooch's account ) . List of subjects discussed from 1772 to 1792 . 174 179 180 Value of the system ...
... moderators's book for 1778 . 171 Verbatim account of a disputation in the sophs's schools in 1784 . Description of acts kept in 1790 ( Gooch's account ) . List of subjects discussed from 1772 to 1792 . 174 179 180 Value of the system ...
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... moderator in that year . For dialectis read dialecticis . 1763 by Richard After has insert ( except in 1798 ) . Page 194 , line 15 . Page 198 , line 13 . Page 209 , Ex . 17 . For 1 1.6 read 1 2.6 Page 227 , line 4 . For By the beginning ...
... moderator in that year . For dialectis read dialecticis . 1763 by Richard After has insert ( except in 1798 ) . Page 194 , line 15 . Page 198 , line 13 . Page 209 , Ex . 17 . For 1 1.6 read 1 2.6 Page 227 , line 4 . For By the beginning ...
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... moderators , or college tutors , who had accepted his doctrines . The form in which the Principia was cast , its extreme conciseness , the absence of all illustrations , and the immense interval between the abilities of Newton and those ...
... moderators , or college tutors , who had accepted his doctrines . The form in which the Principia was cast , its extreme conciseness , the absence of all illustrations , and the immense interval between the abilities of Newton and those ...
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... moderators who performed it as the deputies of the proctors , and even at an earlier date it was not unusual for the latter officers to select moderators ( or posers , as they were then generally designated ) to whom they delegated that ...
... moderators who performed it as the deputies of the proctors , and even at an earlier date it was not unusual for the latter officers to select moderators ( or posers , as they were then generally designated ) to whom they delegated that ...
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... moderator , sunt in meo ( Anglice ) pocket . Another piece of scholastic Latin quoted by Wordsworth is , Domine opponens non video vim tuum argumentum ' . The only other mathematicians of this time whom I deem it necessary to mention ...
... moderator , sunt in meo ( Anglice ) pocket . Another piece of scholastic Latin quoted by Wordsworth is , Domine opponens non video vim tuum argumentum ' . The only other mathematicians of this time whom I deem it necessary to mention ...
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