 | 1870 - 502 sayfa
...solitary mind, may discover the secrete of the heavens, and form a nev/ system of astronomy. A Davy in hie lonely meditations on the crags of Cornwall, or, in...his position, ignorant of what is passing behind him end before ; he desires to estimate the movements of space, and can only observe the dancing of atoms... | |
 | Royal Society of South Africa - 1878 - 922 sayfa
...may discover the secrets of the heavens, and form a new system of Astronomy. A. Davy in his l"nely meditations on the crags of Cornwall, or in his solitary...useless, for they are made upon a point, while the speculation to be derived from them must be on space. It is of no avail that he changes his position,... | |
 | 1880 - 892 sayfa
...Newton, by the un-assisted workings of his solitary mind, may discover the secrets <'f the heavens, and form a new system of Astronomy. A Davy in his...useless, for they are made upon a point, while the speculation to be derived from them must be on space. It is of no avail that he changes his position,... | |
 | Simon Nasht - 2006 - 392 sayfa
...disconnected recordings. This was the central problem confronting weathermen, as Ruskin had realised: "The meteorologist is impotent if alone; his observations are useless; for they are made upon a point ... he would calculate the currents of the atmosphere of the world, while he only knows the direction... | |
 | Sir Napier Shaw - 1939 - 332 sayfa
...of a world-wide organisation in mind. The meteorologist is impotent if alone; his observations arc useless; for they are made upon a point, while the...speculations to be derived from them must be on space.. . .The Meteorological Society, therefore, has been formed, not for a city, nor for a kingdom, but for... | |
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Davy in hie lonely meditations on the crags of Cornwall, or, in his solitary laboratory, might discover the most sublime mysteries of nature, and trace out the most intricate combinations of her elements. But the meteorologist is impotent if alone ; his... 