 ... any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Seite 2731820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Cooper - 1854 - 376 Seiten
...branches of physical science might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and, probably, is not...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1854 - 189 Seiten
...generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding for hours together the metaphysical theories... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1854
...branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, etymology, -and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1856 - 482 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...too, with most of the modern languages, and familiar wilh their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and... | |
 | Half hours - 1856
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured. But it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...law. He was well acquainted, too, with most of the modem Icinguagcs — and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary... | |
 | Half hours - 1856
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured. But it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of .73. JEFFREY.] CHARACTER OF JAMES WATT. 165 architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, too,... | |
 | Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 188 Seiten
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...metaphysics, medicine, and etymology; and perfectly at home iu all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, too, with most of the modern... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 412 Seiten
...might perhaps have been conjectured. But it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations that he was curiously learned in many branches of...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding for hours together the metaphysical theories... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1860
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
 | George L. Craik, George Lillie Craik - 1858
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
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