... years, and during the chief part of the time bound books. Now it was in those books, in the hours after work, that I found the beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained... Faraday as a Discoverer - Page 7by John Tyndall - 1868 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1869 - 718 pages
...that especially helped me — the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions df electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science." — " I felt that I hod got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it. Thence my... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 674 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the 'Encycloprolia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or waa marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1868 - 612 pages
...There were two that especially helped him : the Encyclopaedia Britannica, from which he gained his first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, which gave him his foundation in that science. Introduced to Sir Humphry Davy's last lectures at the Royal Institution,... | |
| 1868 - 1236 pages
...philosophy. There were two that especially helped him: the Encyclopaedia Britannica, from which he gained his first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, which gave him his foundation in that science. Introduced to Sir Humphry Davy's last lectures at the Royal Institution,... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that eslx;cially helped me, the ' Kncyclopaxlia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and conld believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important... | |
| Bence Jones - 1870 - 512 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the " Encyclopaedia Britannica," from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science. 4 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a very... | |
| Glasgow sabbath school union - 1870 - 834 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me — the Encyclopedia Britannica, from which I gained my first notions of electricity; and Mrs. Marcet's Chemistry, which gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose (he adds) that I was a very... | |
| Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London - 1871 - 434 pages
...Chemistry," " which," says Faraday (in a letter which he wrote on the occasion of Mrs. Marcet's death), " gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose that I was a very deep character, or marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe... | |
| H. A. Page - 1873 - 448 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that, specially helped me, the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations in Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep... | |
| Alexander Hay Japp - 1873 - 450 pages
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that specially helped me, the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity. and Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations in Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep... | |
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