I was sure of my discovery ; what, sixteen years ago, I urged as a thing to be sought; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted the best part of my life to astronomical contemplations ; — at length... Heroes of Science: Astronomers - Seite 114von Edward John Chalmers Morton - 1882 - 341 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 Seiten
...— what, sixteen years ago, I urged as a thing to be sought — that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted the best part of my life to astro noraical contemplations, at [ length I have brought to light, and have recognized its truth beyond... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 Seiten
...for which I settled in Prague, for which- 1 have devoted the best part of my life to astro nomical contemplations, at 'length I have brought to light,...recognized its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations. Great as is the absolute nature of Harmonic? with all its details, as set'forth in my third book, it... | |
| Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 Seiten
...what, sixteen years aso, I urged as a thing to l>e sought — that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted the best part of my life to astro nomical contemplations, at length I have brought to light, and have recognized its truih beyond... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 516 Seiten
...what sixteen years ago I regarded as a thing to be sought ; — that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted...; — at length I have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations." The rule thus referred to is stated in... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 Seiten
...what sixteen years ago I regarded as a thing to be sought ; — that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted...; — at length I have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations." The rule thus referred to is stated in... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 486 Seiten
...discovery;—what sixteen years ago I regarded as a thing to be sought;—that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted the best part of my life to astronomical contemplations;—at length I have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 Seiten
...discovery ; what, sixteen years ago, I urged as a thing to be sought; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted...; — at length I have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations. It is now eighteen months since I got the... | |
| 1850 - 836 Seiten
...sixteen years ago, I urged as a thing to be sought ; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, tor which 1 settled in Prague, for which I have devoted the best part of my life to astrononomical contemplations; — at length I have brought to light, and have recognized its truth... | |
| William Whewell - 1847 - 530 Seiten
...discovery ; what sixteen years ago I regarded as a thing to be sought; that for which I joined Tycho Brahe, for which I settled in Prague, for which I have devoted...recognized its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations." The rule thus referred to is stated in the third chapter of this fifth book. "It is," he says, "»... | |
| 1883 - 500 Seiten
...AA of my life to astronomical calculations, at length I have brought to light, and have recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations. It is now eighteen months since I got the first glimpse of light, three months since the dawn, very few days since the unveiled sun (most admirable... | |
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