 Admission to its sanctuary, and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means, — a sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances...  Mechanics' Magazine - Page 4041857Full view - About this book
 | 1919 - 924 pages
...contribution to science but also to mathematics. Concerning astronomy, Sir J. Herschel said: "Admission to the sanctuary and to the privileges and feelings of a votary is only to be gained by one means, sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without which... | |
 | 1918 - 984 pages
..."Admission to its sanctuary (astronomy) and to the privileges of a votary is only to be gained by one means, sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the...instrument of all exact inquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances in this or any 'other of the higher departments of science as can entitle him... | |
 | 1919 - 960 pages
...contribution to science but also to mathematics. Concerning astronomy, Sir J. Herschel said: "Admission to the sanctuary and to the privileges and feelings of a votary is only to be gained by one means,-sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without... | |
 | 1912 - 914 pages
...Students of Physics and Chemistry. *J. Herschel, Outlines of Astronomy. Introduction, pnragrnpb 7. privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means — sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without... | |
 | 1851 - 702 pages
...nature and difficulty of the undertaking are set forth by the author himself, as follows : — leges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means, — sound and fu.Jfi.dent knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Education - 1912 - 632 pages
...to the sanctuary, and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, can only be gained by one means, sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact enquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances in this or any other of the higher departments... | |
 | Robert Édouard Moritz - 1914 - 436 pages
...W. On the Figure of the Earth, Title page. 1663. Admission to its sanctuary [referring to astronomy] and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means, — sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without... | |
 | Robert Édouard Moritz - 1914 - 434 pages
...W. On the Figure of the Earth, Title page. 1663. Admission to its sanctuary [referring to astronomy] and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gamed by one means, — sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - 1915 - 426 pages
...its sanctuary, and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means — sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the...instrument of all exact inquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances in this or any other of the higher departments of science as can entitle him... | |
 | Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) - 1881 - 616 pages
...training, must enter " sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics " which Sir John Herachel truly calls "the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances in any of the higher departments of science as can entitle him to form an independent... | |
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