 | John Tyndall - 1870 - 92 pages
...occupy much of our attention. * Dr. Young was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution, August 3, 1801. From a marble slab in...' Endeared to his friends by his domestic virtues, Honoured by thu world for his unrivalled acquirements, He died in the hope of the resurrection of the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1870 - 110 pages
...April, the following inscription :— ' Near this place are deposited the remains of THOMAS YOUNO, MD, Fellow and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society,...which had veiled for ages the Hieroglyphics of Egypt. ' Endea deared to his friends by his domestic virtues, Honoured by the world for his unrivalled acquirements,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1871 - 408 pages
...extreme elasticity and of ex* Dr. Young was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Royal Institution, August 3, 1801. From a marble slab in...to his friends by his domestic virtues, Honored by tho world for his unrivalled acquirements, He died in the hope of the resurrection of the just. "Born... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1873 - 206 pages
...Languages, ancient and modern, were housed within his brain, and, to use the words of his epitaph, " he first penetrated the obscurity which had veiled for ages the hieroglyphics of Egypt." It fell to the lot of this man to discover facts in optics which Newton's theory was incompetent to... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1878 - 212 pages
...extreme elasticity and of ex* Dr. Young was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy hi the Royal Institution, August 3, 1801. From a marble slab in...his friends by his domestic virtues, Honored by the irorld for his unrivalled acquirements, He died hi the hope of the resur•ection of the just. "Born... | |
 | William Munk, Royal College of Physicians of London - 1878 - 460 pages
...abstrase investigations of letters and of science, first established the undulatory theory of light, and first penetrated the obscurity which had veiled for...Egypt. Endeared to his friends by his domestic virtues, Honoured by the world for his unrivalled acquirements, He died in the hopes of the resurrection of... | |
 | Royal College of Physicians of London, William Munk - 1878 - 436 pages
...abstmse investigations of letters and of science, first established the nndulatory theory of light, and first penetrated the obscurity which had veiled for...Egypt. Endeared to his friends by his domestic virtues, Honoured by the world for his unrivalled acquirements, He died in the hopes of the resurrection of... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1878 - 218 pages
...whose many discoveries enlarged the bounds of Na1ur.il Science, and who first penetrated the obseurity which had veiled for ages the Hieroglyphics of Egypt....his friends by his domestic virtues, Honored by the irorld for his unrivalled acquirements, He died in the hope of the resar^ection of the just. "Born... | |
 | Edward Talbot D. Foxcroft - 1876 - 100 pages
...Languages, ancient and modern, were " housed in his brain, and to use the words of his " epitaph, ' he first penetrated the obscurity which '' had veiled for ages the hieroglyphics of Egypt.' It " fell to the lot of this man to discover facts in optics " which Newton's theory was insufficient... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...Languages, ancient and modern, were housed within his brain, and, to use the words of his epitaph, "he first penetrated the obscurity which had veiled for ages the hieroglyphics of Egypt." It fell to the iot of this man to discover facts in optics which Newton's theory was incompetent to... | |
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FIRST ESTABLISHED THE UNDULATORY THEORY OF LIGHT, AND FIRST PENETRATED THE OBSCURITY WHICH HAD VEILED FOR AGES THE HIEROGLYPHICS OF EGYPT. 
