The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 21844 |
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... less attached to system or ornament than Lord Bacon . A plain unadorned style in aphorisms , in which the Novum Organum is written , is , he invariably states , the proper style for philosophy . In the midst of his own arrangement , in ...
... less attached to system or ornament than Lord Bacon . A plain unadorned style in aphorisms , in which the Novum Organum is written , is , he invariably states , the proper style for philosophy . In the midst of his own arrangement , in ...
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... less ornament , but not much the less use . " In this book are contained experiments of light , and experiments of use , ( as his lordship was wont to distinguish :) and amongst them some extraordinary , and others common . He ...
... less ornament , but not much the less use . " In this book are contained experiments of light , and experiments of use , ( as his lordship was wont to distinguish :) and amongst them some extraordinary , and others common . He ...
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... less room and so the ashes with air between , lie looser ; and with water closer . For I have not yet found certainly , that the water itself , by mixture of ashes or dust , will shrink or draw into less room . Experiment solitary ...
... less room and so the ashes with air between , lie looser ; and with water closer . For I have not yet found certainly , that the water itself , by mixture of ashes or dust , will shrink or draw into less room . Experiment solitary ...
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... less flexible by much . There were also put into an earthen bottle , placed as before , a good pellet of clay , a piece of cheese , a piece of chalk , and a piece of freestone . The clay came forth almost of the hardness of stone ; the ...
... less flexible by much . There were also put into an earthen bottle , placed as before , a good pellet of clay , a piece of cheese , a piece of chalk , and a piece of freestone . The clay came forth almost of the hardness of stone ; the ...
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... less to produce , a num- they take them for air ; from which they differ ex - ber of mechanical motions . Again , as to the mo ceedingly , as much as wine from water ; and as wood from earth . Sometimes they will have them to be natural ...
... less to produce , a num- they take them for air ; from which they differ ex - ber of mechanical motions . Again , as to the mo ceedingly , as much as wine from water ; and as wood from earth . Sometimes they will have them to be natural ...
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