The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 28
... light ; and , seldom eating a dinner , would every three hours or more be munching a roll of bread , and now and then refresh his exhausted spirits with ale brought to him by his servant . " There is a portrait of him in Oriel College ...
... light ; and , seldom eating a dinner , would every three hours or more be munching a roll of bread , and now and then refresh his exhausted spirits with ale brought to him by his servant . " There is a portrait of him in Oriel College ...
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... light from those that belong to one on sound ; and even when the need arises to compare the results of two such sciences- as in the case , say , of light and electricity - there is still no difficulty , -apart , of course , from any ...
... light from those that belong to one on sound ; and even when the need arises to compare the results of two such sciences- as in the case , say , of light and electricity - there is still no difficulty , -apart , of course , from any ...
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... light and dark . The steel - worker sees half a dozen tints where others see only a uniform glow . To the child , it is said , all faces are alike ; and throughout life we are apt to note the general , the points of resem- blance ...
... light and dark . The steel - worker sees half a dozen tints where others see only a uniform glow . To the child , it is said , all faces are alike ; and throughout life we are apt to note the general , the points of resem- blance ...
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... light details and differences before imperceptible ; since these details are themselves presenta- tions , they have been brought by this increase from the subconscious stage into the field of consciousness . Simi- larly , presentations ...
... light details and differences before imperceptible ; since these details are themselves presenta- tions , they have been brought by this increase from the subconscious stage into the field of consciousness . Simi- larly , presentations ...
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... light in the first sense can know about light in the second if he studies a treatise on optics . Now in simple perception or recognition we cannot with any exactness say that two things are per- ceived : straight is a thing , i.e. , a ...
... light in the first sense can know about light in the second if he studies a treatise on optics . Now in simple perception or recognition we cannot with any exactness say that two things are per- ceived : straight is a thing , i.e. , a ...
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