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... common arithmetical definition ? Shew that any four quantities which are pro- portional according to the latter definition will satisfy one of the tests of the former . 2. Give a proof of the following proposition : " If two triangles ...
... common arithmetical definition ? Shew that any four quantities which are pro- portional according to the latter definition will satisfy one of the tests of the former . 2. Give a proof of the following proposition : " If two triangles ...
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... common stem , a " philosophia prima " for their common parent . This universal philosophy he defines as a receptacle for all axioms and observations which are not used in any of the especial sciences , but belong to a higher and larger ...
... common stem , a " philosophia prima " for their common parent . This universal philosophy he defines as a receptacle for all axioms and observations which are not used in any of the especial sciences , but belong to a higher and larger ...
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... common to all . These axioms are , as he says , " the same footsteps of nature tread- ing , or printing upon several subjects . " Answer 12th . - Bacon divides natural philosophy into two parts , viz . speculative and operative ...
... common to all . These axioms are , as he says , " the same footsteps of nature tread- ing , or printing upon several subjects . " Answer 12th . - Bacon divides natural philosophy into two parts , viz . speculative and operative ...
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... common centre to which all converge . This study can be pursued under two different circumstances . We might consider man collectively , and we might consider him also indivi- dually . We might consider him as he is acting in the great ...
... common centre to which all converge . This study can be pursued under two different circumstances . We might consider man collectively , and we might consider him also indivi- dually . We might consider him as he is acting in the great ...
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... common steel - yard ............. 4. Distinguish between stable and unstable equilibrium , and investigate the conditions of stable equilibrium in the case of a paraboloid resting upon a sphere .................. .. : Dynamics . 5 ...
... common steel - yard ............. 4. Distinguish between stable and unstable equilibrium , and investigate the conditions of stable equilibrium in the case of a paraboloid resting upon a sphere .................. .. : Dynamics . 5 ...
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Página 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.