Mr. Dalton's permanent reputation will rest upon his having discovered a simple principle, universally applicable to the facts of chemistry — in fixing the proportions in which bodies combine, and thus laying the foundation for future labours, respecting... The worthies of Cumberland - Seite 246von Henry Lonsdale - 1874Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Sir Humphry Davy - 1827 - 174 Seiten
...science. There is another motive which influenced them, and which I am sure will command your sympathy. Mr. Dalton has been labouring, for more than a quarter of a century, with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1837 - 650 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this respect resemble those of Kepler in astronomy. The causes of chemical change are as yet unknown, and the laws by which they are governed; but, in... | |
| William Charles Henry - 1854 - 346 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours, respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this...Dalton has been labouring for more than a quarter of a century, with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| James David Forbes - 1856 - 218 Seiten
...of his really philosophic character. " Mr Dalton has been labouring," says Sir Humphry Davy, " for more than a quarter of a century with the most disinterested...approbation, nor offering himself as an object of applause." " There is little doubt," says Dr Thomson, " that Mr Dalton, had he so chosen it, might, in point of... | |
| Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1856 - 340 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this...Dalton has been labouring for more than a quarter of a century with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| Henry Lonsdale - 1874 - 352 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this...Dalton has been labouring for more than a quarter of a century with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1895 - 234 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this...Dalton has been labouring for more than a quarter of a century with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| John Price Millington - 1906 - 252 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours, respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this...Dalton has been labouring for more than a quarter of a century, with the most disinterested views. With the greatest modesty and simplicity of character he... | |
| Sir William Augustus Tilden - 1921 - 394 Seiten
...and thus laying the foundation for future labours respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits in this respect resemble those of Kepler in astronomy." In 1833 the Government of Lord Grey granted a pension of £150 a year to Dr. Dalton and in 1836 this... | |
| David Knight - 1998 - 236 Seiten
...weight: thus laying the foundation for future labours, respecting the sublime and transcendental parts of the science of corpuscular motion. His merits, in...this respect, resemble those of Kepler in astronomy. The causes of chemical change are as yet unknown, and the laws by which they are governed; but in their... | |
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