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... comes on a new idea , he can at once see , or be told , whether another has it or not , and in the latter case he can print the idea , and so secure the priority : the poor Britons , on the other hand , make the most splendid ...
... comes on a new idea , he can at once see , or be told , whether another has it or not , and in the latter case he can print the idea , and so secure the priority : the poor Britons , on the other hand , make the most splendid ...
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... come or not according as we remember or forget that our science is to be based entirely upon ex- periment or mathematical deductions from experiment . There is nothing physical to be learned à priori . We have no right whatever to ...
... come or not according as we remember or forget that our science is to be based entirely upon ex- periment or mathematical deductions from experiment . There is nothing physical to be learned à priori . We have no right whatever to ...
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... come forward . This direction was good in Britain at certain memorable times , as when Newton and Hooke were contemporaries ; in the days of Maclaurin and Cotes , and in those of Cavendish and Watt . At intervals it broke down entirely ...
... come forward . This direction was good in Britain at certain memorable times , as when Newton and Hooke were contemporaries ; in the days of Maclaurin and Cotes , and in those of Cavendish and Watt . At intervals it broke down entirely ...
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... come back to our second set of elementary ideas , Matter , Position , Motion and Force . Of these , the second ( Position ) is a purely space relation , or geo- metrical conception , and must necessarily be relative , unless something ...
... come back to our second set of elementary ideas , Matter , Position , Motion and Force . Of these , the second ( Position ) is a purely space relation , or geo- metrical conception , and must necessarily be relative , unless something ...
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... comes into existence in any operation whatever . If the chemist were not certain that at the end of his operations , provided he has taken care to admit nothing and to let nothing escape , the contents of his vessels must be precisely ...
... comes into existence in any operation whatever . If the chemist were not certain that at the end of his operations , provided he has taken care to admit nothing and to let nothing escape , the contents of his vessels must be precisely ...
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