 Almost all its conclusions stand in open and striking contradiction with those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his...  Mechanical Philosophy, Horology, and Astronomy - Page 367by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1848 - 575 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the moon, which appear to untaught eyes round... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...stands, and which has served for ages as the unshaken fouudation of the firmest structures, either of art or nature, is divested by the astronomer of its... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1834 - 406 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the moon, which appear to untaught eyes round... | |
 | 1833 - 608 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...is divested by the astronomer of its attribute of nxity, and conceived by him as turning swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through... | |
 | John Campbell Colquhoun - Animal magnetism - 1836 - 520 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. *" * When the early philosophers of the Italian school explained to their disciples, upon the principles... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - Astronomy - 1837 - 302 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. — There is hardly any thing which sets in a stronger light the inherent power of truth over the mind... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 616 pages
...those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...of his senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, aud which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, either of art or... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 642 pages
...superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood ami weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...of his senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, aud which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, either of art or... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1838 - 350 pages
...being"7924,miles, it turns on its axis at the rate of (l040 miles an hour?•.. Thus, the earth on which we stand, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, is every moment turning swiftly on its centre, and, at the same time, moving onwards with great rapidity... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1833 - 344 pages
...miles, it turns on its axis at the rate of 1040 mil.es an hour. Thus, the earth on which we stand, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, is every moment turning swiftly on its centre, and, at the same time, moving onwards with great rapidity... | |
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