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Page vii
... in that system of logic which we call mathematics . All that mathematics can do is to assure us that a statement A is equivalent to statements B , C , D , or is one of the facts expressed by the statements B vii PREFACE -
... in that system of logic which we call mathematics . All that mathematics can do is to assure us that a statement A is equivalent to statements B , C , D , or is one of the facts expressed by the statements B vii PREFACE -
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... all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , without the cumbrous process of a mathematical demonstration , proves the feebleness of the human mind as a logical machine . For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's ...
... all that is contained in statements B , C , and D , without the cumbrous process of a mathematical demonstration , proves the feebleness of the human mind as a logical machine . For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's ...
Page ix
... all the sciences , or that those who have handled the theoretical or practical side might be led by them to read in the original some of the classics of astronomy . Many students have much compassion for the schoolboy of to - day , who ...
... all the sciences , or that those who have handled the theoretical or practical side might be led by them to read in the original some of the classics of astronomy . Many students have much compassion for the schoolboy of to - day , who ...
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... all ages have recorded the occurrence of comets , eclipses , new stars , meteor showers , and remarkable conjunc- tions of the planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and droughts , wars and the deaths of great rulers ...
... all ages have recorded the occurrence of comets , eclipses , new stars , meteor showers , and remarkable conjunc- tions of the planets , as well as plagues and famines , floods and droughts , wars and the deaths of great rulers ...
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... all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the ...
... all ages . So , also , Mr. Cowell1 has examined the marks made on the baked bricks used by the Chaldæans for record- ing the eclipses of 1062 B.C. and 762 B.C .; and has thereby been enabled , in the last few years , to correct the ...
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