A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... philosopher of the seventeenth cen - cond book of " Exercitationes , " which excited tury , who appears to have had the best title to so much enmity , that he ceased all direct at- be considered as the first inventor of the mi - tacks ...
... philosopher of the seventeenth cen - cond book of " Exercitationes , " which excited tury , who appears to have had the best title to so much enmity , that he ceased all direct at- be considered as the first inventor of the mi - tacks ...
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... philosophers , that although mutually warm in their scientific controversies , Gassendi and Descartes became friends ... philosopher of the present originally edited in 1809 under the title of age , the son of a Parisian apothecary , by ...
... philosophers , that although mutually warm in their scientific controversies , Gassendi and Descartes became friends ... philosopher of the present originally edited in 1809 under the title of age , the son of a Parisian apothecary , by ...
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... philosopher the weak , and puerile in its style . It has been character of a magician ; on which Naudé re- two or three times abridged . His other works marks , that from the catalogue of the works of are " The Art of adorning and ...
... philosopher the weak , and puerile in its style . It has been character of a magician ; on which Naudé re- two or three times abridged . His other works marks , that from the catalogue of the works of are " The Art of adorning and ...
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... philosopher's stone and the elixir of life . The compound now termed sulphate of soda , was discovered by this chemist , whence it was long known by the ap- pellation of Glauber's salts . Mr Brande ranks Glauber with Van Helmont , Basil ...
... philosopher's stone and the elixir of life . The compound now termed sulphate of soda , was discovered by this chemist , whence it was long known by the ap- pellation of Glauber's salts . Mr Brande ranks Glauber with Van Helmont , Basil ...
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... philosopher of the eighteenth century . He was born in 1688 , at Bois - le - Duc , and studied the civil law at the university of Leyden , where he took his doctor's degree in 1707 . He settled at the Hague , and practised as a ...
... philosopher of the eighteenth century . He was born in 1688 , at Bois - le - Duc , and studied the civil law at the university of Leyden , where he took his doctor's degree in 1707 . He settled at the Hague , and practised as a ...
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