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... natural philosophy was seldom anything more than alchymy . Dee was at that time celebrated for his knowledge in mathematics ; he was likewise an astrologer and an alchymist . Thomas Digges directed mathemati- cal knowledge to the ...
... natural philosophy was seldom anything more than alchymy . Dee was at that time celebrated for his knowledge in mathematics ; he was likewise an astrologer and an alchymist . Thomas Digges directed mathemati- cal knowledge to the ...
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... NATURAL . 1. There are four letters in the natural scale , i . e . tances of semitones , from their natural keys . Two of these letters , namely , B and E , may be denom- inated natural sharps , for , like all artificial semi- tonic ...
... NATURAL . 1. There are four letters in the natural scale , i . e . tances of semitones , from their natural keys . Two of these letters , namely , B and E , may be denom- inated natural sharps , for , like all artificial semi- tonic ...
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... natural not placed at the cleff , but occur- to each other , to their respective semitones and re- ring occasionally in the progress of an air . When put spective keys . For if the natural keys and their before any particular note , it ...
... natural not placed at the cleff , but occur- to each other , to their respective semitones and re- ring occasionally in the progress of an air . When put spective keys . For if the natural keys and their before any particular note , it ...
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... natural sciences which is graced by the name of Cuvier . It is to him that we are indebted for what is termed the natural me- thod , or an arrangement in which , to use his own words , " all beings of the same genus are placed nearer to ...
... natural sciences which is graced by the name of Cuvier . It is to him that we are indebted for what is termed the natural me- thod , or an arrangement in which , to use his own words , " all beings of the same genus are placed nearer to ...
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... natural - social State , in Opposition to the Chimera of the artificial.civil ) . These absolutists ridicule the idea of a social contract , as the basis of the political con- stitution of a nation , deriving all their arguments against ...
... natural - social State , in Opposition to the Chimera of the artificial.civil ) . These absolutists ridicule the idea of a social contract , as the basis of the political con- stitution of a nation , deriving all their arguments against ...
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