... dancing of atoms ; he would calculate the currents of the atmosphere of the world, while he only knows the direction of a breeze. It is perhaps for this reason that the cause of meteorology has hitherto been so slightly supported ; no progress can... Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society - Seite 72von Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1881Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Henry Bayley Webster - 1857 - 334 Seiten
...breeze. " It is for this reason that the cause of meteorology has hitherto been so slightly advanced ; no progress can be made by the enthusiasm of an individual...of which depended the utility of the observations. " We require at stated periods perfect systems of methodical and simultaneous observations, so that... | |
| 1870 - 502 Seiten
...been so slightly supported ; no progress can be made by the enthusiasm of an individual ; no eft'ect can be produced by the most gigantic efforts of a...individuals should think, observe, and act simultaneously, thougli separated from each other, by distances, on the greatness of which depended the utility of... | |
| John Ruskin - 1885 - 428 Seiten
...reason that the cause of meteorology has hitherto been so slightly supported; no progress can be made by the most gigantic efforts of a solitary intellect,...of which depended the utility of the observations. powerless; if it cannot do all, it can do nothing. It desires to have at its command, at stated periods,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1903 - 730 Seiten
...been so slightly supported ; no progress can be made by the enthusiasm of an individual ; no effort can be produced by the most gigantic efforts of a...of which depended the utility of the observations. 1 [Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was a Cornishman, born at Peuzance. He took much interest in toe Geological... | |
| John Ruskin - 1903 - 710 Seiten
...been so slightly supported ; no progress can be made by the enthusiasm of an individual ; no. effort can be produced by the most gigantic efforts of a...of which depended the utility of the observations. 1 [Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was a Cornishman, horn at Penzance. He took much interest in the Geological... | |
| John Ruskin - 1903 - 704 Seiten
...been so slightly supported ; no progress can be made by the enthusiasm of an individual ; no effort can be produced by the most gigantic efforts of a...of which depended the utility of the observations. 1 [Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was a Cornishman, born at Penzance. He took much interest in the Geological... | |
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