 ... years, and during the chief part of the time bound books. Now it was in those books, in the hours after work, that I found the beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained...  Faraday as a Discoverer - Pàgina 7per John Tyndall - 1868 - 171 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1869 - 718 pàgines
...that especially helped me — the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions df electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science." — " I felt that I hod got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it. Thence my... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 674 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the 'Encycloprolia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or waa marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe in the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 612 pàgines
...There were two that especially helped him : the Encyclopaedia Britannica, from which he gained his first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, which gave him his foundation in that science. Introduced to Sir Humphry Davy's last lectures at the Royal Institution,... | |
 | 1868 - 1236 pàgines
...philosophy. There were two that especially helped him: the Encyclopaedia Britannica, from which he gained his first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, which gave him his foundation in that science. Introduced to Sir Humphry Davy's last lectures at the Royal Institution,... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that eslx;cially helped me, the ' Kncyclopaxlia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and conld believe in the ' Arabian Nights' as easily as in the ' Encyclopaedia.' But facts were important... | |
 | Bence Jones - 1870 - 512 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me, the " Encyclopaedia Britannica," from which I gained my first notions of electricity,...Chemistry," which gave me my foundation in that science. 4 Do not suppose that I was a very deep thinker, or was marked as a precocious person. I was a very... | |
 | Glasgow sabbath school union - 1870 - 834 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that especially helped me — the Encyclopedia Britannica, from which I gained my first notions of electricity; and Mrs. Marcet's Chemistry, which gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose (he adds) that I was a very... | |
 | Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London - 1871 - 434 pàgines
...Chemistry," " which," says Faraday (in a letter which he wrote on the occasion of Mrs. Marcet's death), " gave me my foundation in that science. Do not suppose that I was a very deep character, or marked as a precocious person. I was a very lively, imaginative person, and could believe... | |
 | H. A. Page - 1873 - 448 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that, specially helped me, the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity, and Mrs. Marcet's ' Conversations in Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1873 - 448 pàgines
...beginning of my philosophy. There were two that specially helped me, the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' from which I gained my first notions of electricity. and Mrs. Marcet's 'Conversations in Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science. " Do not suppose that I was a very deep... | |
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