Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits, with memoirs by A.T. Malkin]. |
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... of mathema- tics . But this last pursuit he never afterwards re- newed ; though he would lead us to believe that a readiness in calculation was the talent of his child- hood , and that nature had qualified him to succeed B 2 GIBBON . 3.
... of mathema- tics . But this last pursuit he never afterwards re- newed ; though he would lead us to believe that a readiness in calculation was the talent of his child- hood , and that nature had qualified him to succeed B 2 GIBBON . 3.
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Arthur Thomas Malkin. hood , and that nature had qualified him to succeed in that branch of application . He was presented to Voltaire , at that time resident at Geneva , without being distinguished by any par- ticular mark of his ...
Arthur Thomas Malkin. hood , and that nature had qualified him to succeed in that branch of application . He was presented to Voltaire , at that time resident at Geneva , without being distinguished by any par- ticular mark of his ...
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... natural dis- taste for politics being probably increased by this and a subsequent disappointment , he retired for ever from the disquietudes of public life . During his residence in London he published the first three volumes of his ...
... natural dis- taste for politics being probably increased by this and a subsequent disappointment , he retired for ever from the disquietudes of public life . During his residence in London he published the first three volumes of his ...
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... natural philo- sophy . In 1764 the government proposed an extraordinary premium for the best and cheapest project of lighting the streets of Paris , and other large cities . To this subject , involving a knowledge of several branches of ...
... natural philo- sophy . In 1764 the government proposed an extraordinary premium for the best and cheapest project of lighting the streets of Paris , and other large cities . To this subject , involving a knowledge of several branches of ...
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... nature ; and the labours of those distin- guished experimentalists had conspired to commence a fresh era in science . Lavoisier was one of the first to appreciate at once the importance of the results they had arrived at , and the ...
... nature ; and the labours of those distin- guished experimentalists had conspired to commence a fresh era in science . Lavoisier was one of the first to appreciate at once the importance of the results they had arrived at , and the ...
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Страница 12 - To this spot,' says his amiable and intelligent biographer, Lord Teignmouth, ' he returned every evening after sunset, and in the morning rose so early, as to reach his apartments in town, by walking, at the first appearance of dawn. The intervening period of each morning, until the opening of court, was regularly allotted and applied to distinct studies.