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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page xlv
by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 16

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 662 pages
...which serves to bind them under a common aspect, and so give them an ideal unity — is auticipatorily introduced. By these works, and by the influence which,...other subjects — and that not by merely a general aud superficial acquaintance, but one which an exact and conscientious application such as most men...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 16

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 646 pages
...contributed materially to that improvement he so much desired to sec established in the mathematies of the University. It would give but a very inadequate...extending over Classical and Continental literature, Metaphysies and History, Ethies, Social and Political Economy, together with Botany, Architecture,Eugineering,...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 9

1876 - 802 pages
...fragmentary passages of an extensive correspondence. Sir John Herschel has said of Dr. Wbewell that "a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge...the same interval of time accumulated by any man." Of this, his numerous and learned publications bear ample witness, and it is of course from these that...
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William Whewell, D. D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: An ..., Volume 2

Isaac Todhunter, William Whewell - 1876 - 458 pages
...Whewell, arranged in chronological order. r CHAPTER I. l79*.. .1819. IT has been said of Dr Whewell that, "a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge...the same interval of time accumulated by any man." Such a statement, made by a philosopher so eminent as Sir John Herschel, will naturally excite an interest...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 7-8

Robert Chambers - 1881 - 856 pages
...verse were thrown off by tho indefatigable Master of Trinity, and perhaps as Sir John Herschcl said, ' a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge in almost every department of human inquiry was never accumulated by any man.' The death of Dr. Whewell was acccidental. He was thrown from his horse...
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Shaw's New History of English Literature: Together with a History of English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 500 pages
...His contributions to literature cover a large number of subjects Sir John Herschel says of him that " a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge in...the same interval of time accumulated by any man." Political economy, education, mathematics, and architecture have all been the subjects of formal treatises,...
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Shaw's New History of English Literature: Together with a History of English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 504 pages
...His contributions to literature cover a large number of subjecta Sir John Herschel says of him that " a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge in...every department of human inquiry was perhaps never in tlie same interval of time accumulated by any man." Political economy, education, mathematics, and...
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Shaw's New History of English Literature: Together with a History of English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 508 pages
...His contributions to literature cover a large number of subject* Sir John Herschel says of him that " a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge in almost every department of humau inquiry vtas perhaps never in the same interval of time accumulated by any man." Political economy,...
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The Outlines of Literature, English and American: Based Upon Shaw's Manual ...

Truman Jay Backus - 1897 - 510 pages
...contributions to literature cover a large number of subjects. Sir John Herschel said of him that " a more wonderful variety and amount of knowledge in...the same interval of time accumulated by any man." Political economy, * His son, Francis, published his Life and Letters (1887). education, mathematics,...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 pages
...the versatile, polymathic, and indefatigable Master of Trinity. Probably, as Sir John Herschel said, g g g QS never accumulated by any man.' ' Knowledge ii his forte and omniscience is his foible,' was Sydney...
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