Journal of the History of Ideas, Volume 18Johns Hopkins University Press, 1957 - Electronic journals A journal of cultural and intellectual history. Examines the evolution of ideas and their influence on historical developments. Includes history of philosophy, literature, the natural and social sciences, religion, and culture in general. |
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Page 52
... forces of nature , and then from these forces to demonstrate other phenomena . " In defining the " motive quantity of a centripetal force " ( Prin- cipia , Bk . I , Def . VIII ) , Newton declines to hypothesize on the cause of forces ...
... forces of nature , and then from these forces to demonstrate other phenomena . " In defining the " motive quantity of a centripetal force " ( Prin- cipia , Bk . I , Def . VIII ) , Newton declines to hypothesize on the cause of forces ...
Page 207
... force of truth.5 Yet is it likely that such a man as Priestley , whose distinguished con- tributions to chemistry nobody can deny , could ever have been blind to the force of a crucial experiment in this field , if a genuinely crucial ...
... force of truth.5 Yet is it likely that such a man as Priestley , whose distinguished con- tributions to chemistry nobody can deny , could ever have been blind to the force of a crucial experiment in this field , if a genuinely crucial ...
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... force ' of gravitation apart from the fact ; that Newton declared the ordinary notion of such force to be inconceivable ; that various attempts have been made to account for the order of facts we call gravitation , without recourse to ...
... force ' of gravitation apart from the fact ; that Newton declared the ordinary notion of such force to be inconceivable ; that various attempts have been made to account for the order of facts we call gravitation , without recourse to ...
Contents
The Double Martyrdom of Randolph Bourne | 4 |
T H Huxleys Treatment of Nature | 112 |
COPYRIGHT 1957 JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF IDEAS | 146 |
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