 | 1872 - 740 pages
...observation to have been only an approximation to the truth. Even in this most exact of sciences, therefore, we cannot proceed a step without translating the actual...phenomena of Nature into intellectual representations of tho? e phenomena; and it is because the Newtonian conception is not only the most simple, but is also,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1873 - 902 pages
...observation to have been only an approximation to the truth. Even in this most exact of Sciences, therefore, we cannot proceed a step, without translating the actual Phenomena of Nature into Intellectual lleprcsentatioDs of those phenomena ; and it is because the Newtonian conception is not only the most... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1873 - 900 pages
...observation to have been only an approximation to the truth. Even in this most exact of Sciences, therefore, we cannot proceed a step, •without translating the actual Phenomena of Nature into Intellectual Itepresentations of those phenomena ; and it is because the Newtonian conception is not only tho most... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1885 - 426 pages
...he said to the British, Association (1872) : — "Even in astronomy, the most exact of the sciences, we cannot proceed a step without translating the actual...into intellectual representations of those phenomena. It is this fundamental truth which gives rise to most of those differences which exist among scientists.... | |
 | 1873 - 1098 pages
...observation to have been only an approxi mation to the truth. Even in this most exact of sciences, therefore, we cannot proceed a step without translating the actual...Newtonian conception is not only the most simple, but it is also, up to the extent of our present knowledge, toiiccrsal in its conformity to the facts of... | |
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Even hi this most exact of Sciences, therefore, we cannot proceed a step, without translating the actual Phenomena of Nature into Intellectual Representations of those phenomena ; and it is because the Newtonian conception is not only the most simple,... 