| New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 sayfa
...opportunity for extending their domain by original research. He further compares mathematical science to a "mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds...fineness ; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends upon what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat flour from peascods,... | |
| Belfast Naturalists' Field Club - 1863 - 570 sayfa
...they are founded, and shows that they are extremely doubtful. He has the following passage : — " Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...not extract wheat-flour from peas-cods, so pages of formula will not get a definite result out of loose data." Variation ! natural selection ! time ! these... | |
| 1884 - 1442 sayfa
...is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get depends on what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from... | |
| 1869 - 692 sayfa
...is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...of any degree of fineness ; but, nevertheless, what VOL. vi. 2 H you get out depends on what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1869 - 700 sayfa
...is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...of any degree of fineness ; but, nevertheless, what VOL. vi. 2 H you get out depends on what you put in ; and as the grandest mill m the world will not... | |
| Geological Society of London - 1869 - 674 sayfa
...workmanship, which grinds you stuff degree of fineness ; hut, nevertheless, what you get out dcpei what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world wiU i tract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formula will no definite result out of loose data.... | |
| Sir Edwin Ray Lankester - 1870 - 196 sayfa
...is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...not extract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formula will not get a definite result out of loose data.'— Anniversary Address to the Geological... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 400 sayfa
...is allowed to throw a wholly inadmissible appearance of authority over the results obtained by them. Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite...fineness ; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends upon what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from p"ascods,... | |
| Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1872 - 212 sayfa
...the power of the mathematics may be properly applied. " The mathematics," observes the Professor, " may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff to any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in." And here... | |
| FREDERICK A.P. BERNARD, S.T.D., I.I.D., - 1872 - 200 sayfa
...upon the power of the mathematics may be properly applied. " The mathematics/7 observes the Professor, "may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff to any degree of fineness ; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in." And here... | |
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