This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...although constantly I81"-active in ourselves, until some very flagrant instance in Jet.26-26. others draws the attention to the results of such irregular and improper proceedings, and points out the folly of immature judgments. Now, though it happens that these flagrant instances occur frequently, and are continually ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...although constantly I81"-active in ourselves, until some very flagrant instance in Jet.26-26. others draws the attention to the results of such irregular and improper proceedings, and points out the folly of immature judgments. Now, though it happens that these flagrant instances occur frequently, and are continually reminding us of our delinquency, yet, somehow or other, the fault still retains its ground, and even appears at times to increase in strength. 'Twould be a source of much useful consideration to endeavour to point out those causes which support and strengthen this ill habit of the mind, and the comparative strength of them in persons differing in intellectual powers and tempers. It is not, however, my intention at this time to take up this subject, though I am conscious it would be of much service to me, by giving me a more direct and positive knowledge of this effect; but I have been led thus far into the subject by hearing from Farley, that Mr. Murray had informed him Sir H. Davy had stolen some experiments from the French chemists, and adopted them as his own. '(I received yours of the 17th at the above, but, being determined to finish my sentence, proceeded. To continue)--'Murray has told Farley that Sir Humphry keeps a platinum wire red-hot by holding it over ether, and he says the effect is produced by the sulphur of the ether combining with the platinum, and that the experiment is the same with that of the French chemists, where they combine sulphur and copper-leaf directly. Now, lest you should be troubled by the queer explanation of an impossible effect, I shall (being now permitted) lay this (a) new discovery before you. 'Sir Humphry has lately been engaged in an inves-1817. tigation on the nature of flame... Jet.25 26. making ex...
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