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... Halley had been considering the question , and was stopped by its difficulties ; but , being in August , 1684 , on a visit to Newton , the latter informed him of what he had done , but was not able to find his papers . After Halley's ...
... Halley had been considering the question , and was stopped by its difficulties ; but , being in August , 1684 , on a visit to Newton , the latter informed him of what he had done , but was not able to find his papers . After Halley's ...
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... Halley announced to the Society that " Mr. Newton had an incomparable treatise on Motion , almost ready for the press . " On the 28th Dr. Vincent ( the husband , it is supposed , of Miss Storey ) presented the manuscript of the first ...
... Halley announced to the Society that " Mr. Newton had an incomparable treatise on Motion , almost ready for the press . " On the 28th Dr. Vincent ( the husband , it is supposed , of Miss Storey ) presented the manuscript of the first ...
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... Halley , Jones , De Moivre , and Machin , Newton's friends , and mathematicians ; Brook Taylor , a mathematician , but not then otherwise known except as a friend of Keill , the accused party ; Robarts , Hill , Burnet , Aston , and ...
... Halley , Jones , De Moivre , and Machin , Newton's friends , and mathematicians ; Brook Taylor , a mathematician , but not then otherwise known except as a friend of Keill , the accused party ; Robarts , Hill , Burnet , Aston , and ...
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... Halley and the Royal Society had not used the utmost force they could command . A discovery of Newton was of a twofold cha- racter he made it , and then others had to find out that he had made it . To say that he had a right to do this ...
... Halley and the Royal Society had not used the utmost force they could command . A discovery of Newton was of a twofold cha- racter he made it , and then others had to find out that he had made it . To say that he had a right to do this ...
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... Halley was exhibiting the sheets in a coffee - house , and boasting of his correction of their errors . A violent quarrel was the consequence , and a scene took place on one occasion at the Royal Society which we cannot dis- credit ...
... Halley was exhibiting the sheets in a coffee - house , and boasting of his correction of their errors . A violent quarrel was the consequence , and a scene took place on one occasion at the Royal Society which we cannot dis- credit ...
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Seite 20 - With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 140 - A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE MRS VEAL THE NEXT DAY AFTER HER DEATH TO ONE MRS BARGRAVE AT CANTERBURY, THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1705...
Seite 135 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Seite 26 - But why then publish? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write; Well-natured Garth inflamed with early praise; And Congreve loved, and Swift endured my lays; The courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield read; Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head, And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) With open arms received one poet more.
Seite 18 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walked innoxious through his age.
Seite 105 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Seite 149 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah ; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Seite 144 - Till kings call forth the ideas of your mind, (Proud to accomplish what such hands design'd) Bid harbours open, public ways extend, Bid temples worthier of the God ascend, Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain, The mole projected break the roaring main ; Back to his bounds their subject sea command, And roll obedient rivers through the land : These honours peace to happy Britain brings; These are imperial works, and worthy kings.
Seite 125 - No more — no more — oh ! never more on me The freshness of the heart can fall like dew, Which out of all the lovely things we see Extracts emotions beautiful and new, Hived in our bosoms like the bag o' the bee, Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew?
Seite 80 - The particulars expected of me are what relate to morals and learning, and the reasons of quitting your honour's family, that is, whether the last was occasioned by any ill actions. They are all left entirely to your honour's mercy, though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself any farther than for infirmities...