General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 6Robinson, 1807 - 672 pages |
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... royal academy of sciences at Berlin . In 1765 , he published , under the simple title of " In- telligence respecting the Arrangement of Lec- tures for the Winter half Year , " a beautiful system of lecturing on metaphysics , logic , and ...
... royal academy of sciences at Berlin . In 1765 , he published , under the simple title of " In- telligence respecting the Arrangement of Lec- tures for the Winter half Year , " a beautiful system of lecturing on metaphysics , logic , and ...
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... Royal Academy at Berlin- What is the actual Progress made in Meta- physical Science , since Leibnitz and Wolf ? " Besides the articles already enumerated , he was the author of numerous philosophical and ethical papers , inserted in the ...
... Royal Academy at Berlin- What is the actual Progress made in Meta- physical Science , since Leibnitz and Wolf ? " Besides the articles already enumerated , he was the author of numerous philosophical and ethical papers , inserted in the ...
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... Royal Society , sometime before the year 1708 . In that year he published , in the " Philosophical Transactions , " a paper " of the Laws of Attrac- tion , and its physical Principles ; " which was suggested by some propositions in sir ...
... Royal Society , sometime before the year 1708 . In that year he published , in the " Philosophical Transactions , " a paper " of the Laws of Attrac- tion , and its physical Principles ; " which was suggested by some propositions in sir ...
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... Royal So- ciety , protested that he was absolutely ignorant of the name of the " Method of Fluxions , " and of the notation used by sir Isaac , till they appeared in the mathematical works of Dr. Wallis . He , therefore , desired the Royal ...
... Royal So- ciety , protested that he was absolutely ignorant of the name of the " Method of Fluxions , " and of the notation used by sir Isaac , till they appeared in the mathematical works of Dr. Wallis . He , therefore , desired the Royal ...
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... Royal Society an account of the dissection of a man reputed to be 130 years old . The most con- siderable fruit of his application of mathema- tical speculations to phyfiology appeared in 1708 , in a work entitled " An Account of Animal ...
... Royal Society an account of the dissection of a man reputed to be 130 years old . The most con- siderable fruit of his application of mathema- tical speculations to phyfiology appeared in 1708 , in a work entitled " An Account of Animal ...
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