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" I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy, and other parts of human learning ; and particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy, or Experimental Philosophy... "
An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and ... - Page 5
by William Harris - 1814
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The World's Great Classics: A short history of the English people, by J.R ...

Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1899 - 520 pages
...when a little group of students were to be seen in London, men " inquisitive," says one of them, " into natural philosophy and other parts of human learning,...particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy, . . . which from the times of Galileo at Florence, and Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) in England,...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 61

Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1900 - 494 pages
...as a chaplain he was an active promoter of the weekly meetings which, as early as 1645, were held by 'divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy...called the new philosophy or experimental philosophy.' These gatherings of philosophers, the ' Invisible College ' of Robert Boyle, were the beginnings of...
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The Record of the Royal Society of London

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 466 pages
...of divers eminent divines, as to matters theological, I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy,...New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy. We did by agreements, divers of us, meet weekly in London on a certain day [and hour, under a certain penalty,...
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A Memorial of George Brown Goode: Together with a Selection of His Papers on ...

George Brown Goode - Museums - 1901 - 774 pages
...in the time of Cromwell; and as early as 1645, we are told by Wallace, weekly meetings were held of "divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy...parts of human learning, and particularly of what has been called the new philosophy, or experimental philosophy," and it is more than probable that...
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A Memorial of George Brown Goode: Together with a Selection of His ..., Part 2

United States National Museum - Museums - 1901 - 756 pages
...in the time of Cromwell; and as earlv as 1645, we are told by Wallace, weekly meetings were held of "divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy and other parts of human learni"K. and particularly of what has been called the new philosophy, or experimental philosophy,"...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1905 - 224 pages
...referred to here. The Society had its germ in some meetings of scientific men held about this time. " We did by agreement, divers of us, meet weekly in...certain day to treat and discourse of such affairs as Physics, Anatomy, Geometry. Astronomy, Navigation, Statics, Magnetics, Chymics, Mechanics, and natural...
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Lectures on the Method of Science

Thomas Banks Strong - Double stars - 1906 - 282 pages
...which, as set forth by its original members, was as follows : The Society was to be a collection of ' divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy...called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy, which, from the times of Galileo at Florence and Sir Francis Bacon in England, hath been much cultivated...
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Lectures on the Method of Science

Thomas Banks Strong - Double stars - 1906 - 270 pages
...which, as set forth by its original members, was as follows : The Society was to be a collection of ' divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy...called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy, which, from the times of Galileo at Florence and Sir Francis Bacon in England, hath been much cultivated...
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The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia ..., Volume 21

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 960 pages
...that as early as the year 1645 weekly meetings were held of " divers worthy persons, inquisi- j tive into natural philosophy, and other parts of human...learning, and particularly of what hath been called the Neio Philosophy or Experimental I'hUtmrphy" and ! there can be little doubt that this gathering of...
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The American Review of Reviews, Volume 46

Albert Shaw - American literature - 1912 - 1130 pages
...354 355 SIR ISAAC NEWTONHUMPHRY DAVY THOMAS H. HUXLEY LORD KELVIN tunity of becoming acquainted with divers worthy persons inquisitive into natural philosophy and other parts of human learning. The "divers worthy persons" included John Wilkins, DD, Theodore Haak, Dr. Francis Glisson, Dr. Jonathan...
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