But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments as I could find means to perform, and found it true to the facts as I could... Penn Monthly Magazine - Pagina 583geredigeerd door - 1881Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Lawrence S. Lerner - 1997 - 558 pagina’s
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...fast to it. Thence my deep veneration for Mrs. Marcet . . . In 1812, Faraday borrowed a shilling from his older brother and attended a series of lectures... | |
| Peter Day, Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1999 - 196 pagina’s
...when I questioned Mrs. March's hook bv such little experiments as I could find means to perform, & found it true to the facts as I could understand them,...I had got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge 8' clung fast to it. But we should not forget that in the young Michael Faraday's life, looking at... | |
| Hazel Rossotti - 2006 - 214 pagina’s
...when I questioned Mrs. Marcets book by such little experiments as I could find the means to perform, & found it true to the facts as I could understand them, I felt I had got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge & clung fast to it. Hence my deep veneration for... | |
| 1880 - 542 pagina’s
...•cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments as 1 could find means to perform, and found it true to...first as one who had conferred great personal good pleasure on me, and then as one able to convey the truth and principle of those boundless fields of... | |
| 1871 - 510 pagina’s
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So, when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...anchor in Chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it." He thus began his philosophical studies in the hours after the day's work was done with the books placed... | |
| 1868 - 924 pagina’s
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...found it true to the facts as I could understand them, 1 felt that I had got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it. Thence my deep... | |
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