Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports of Youth |
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... piece . It had been constructed , under the direction of her mother , by Louisa Seymour . The hour of the day at which each plant opened , was represented by an appropriate figure of nicely trimmed box ; and these , being arranged in a ...
... piece . It had been constructed , under the direction of her mother , by Louisa Seymour . The hour of the day at which each plant opened , was represented by an appropriate figure of nicely trimmed box ; and these , being arranged in a ...
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... pieces , as Miss Edgeworth justly observes , not from the love of mischief , but from the hatred of idleness , or rather from an innate thirst after knowledge ; and he becomes , as it were , an enterprising adventurer , and opens for ...
... pieces , as Miss Edgeworth justly observes , not from the love of mischief , but from the hatred of idleness , or rather from an innate thirst after knowledge ; and he becomes , as it were , an enterprising adventurer , and opens for ...
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... attracted , or be heavier , than a smaller one . " " Magnitude , or size , my dear , has nothing whatever to do with quantity of matter : will not a small piece of lead weigh more than a large piece of sponge ? In 46 PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT.
... attracted , or be heavier , than a smaller one . " " Magnitude , or size , my dear , has nothing whatever to do with quantity of matter : will not a small piece of lead weigh more than a large piece of sponge ? In 46 PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT.
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... piece of paper , from my bed - room window upon the lawn , and request that you will observe which of them reaches the ground first ; if I am not much mistaken , you will find that the coin will strike the earth before the paper has ...
... piece of paper , from my bed - room window upon the lawn , and request that you will observe which of them reaches the ground first ; if I am not much mistaken , you will find that the coin will strike the earth before the paper has ...
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... piece ; and here , " said Tom , " is a piece of paper . " " Which , ” continued Mr. Seymour , " we will cut into a corresponding shape and size . " This having been accom- plished , he held the coin in one hand , and the paper disc in ...
... piece ; and here , " said Tom , " is a piece of paper . " " Which , ” continued Mr. Seymour , " we will cut into a corresponding shape and size . " This having been accom- plished , he held the coin in one hand , and the paper disc in ...
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