 But facts were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little experiments as I could find means to perform, and found it true to the facts as I could...  Penn Monthly Magazine - Page 583edited by - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...ant always cross-examined an assertion. So whou I questioned Mrs. Mircet's by such little exp-nmmts as I could find means to perform, and found it true to the facts ¡is I understood them, I felt that I had got hold of an anchor ia chemical knowledge, and clung fist... | |
 | 1869 - 718 pages
...'Conversations on Chemistry,' which gave me my foundation in that science." — " I felt that I hod got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it. Thence my deep veneration for Mrs. Marcct, first as one who had conferred personal good and pleasure on me, and then as one able to convey... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 210 pages
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...fast to it. Thence my deep veneration for Mrs. Marcet — fir&t as one who had conferred great personal good and pleasure on me ; and then as one able to... | |
 | 1868 - 472 pages
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...found it true to the facts as I could understand them, 1 felt that I had got hold of an anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it. Thence my deep... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...could find means to perform, and found it true to the • Faraday loved this word and employed it to the last ; he had an intense dislike to the modem term... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 636 pages
...me. I could trust a fact, and always crossexamined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcct's book by such little experiments as I could find means to perform, and found it true to the * Faraday loved this word and employed it to the last ; he had an intense dislike to the modern term... | |
 | Richard Quain - 1870 - 172 pages
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...veneration for Mrs. Marcet, first as one who had conferred personal good Effects »J early kuoiv. ledge of, illustrated. Michnel Faraday and pleasure on me, and... | |
 | Glasgow sabbath school union - 1870 - 834 pages
...were important to me, and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it." The first quality to be observed in the progress of the young student's self-education is industry,... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 pages
...assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book (he refers to her " Conversations on Chemistry") by such little experiments as I could find means to...anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it.' He valued Inductive Metho, r _ theories as suggesting the" patn" loTacts and their laws, but regarded... | |
 | James Parton - 1871 - 730 pages
...were important to me and saved me. I could trust a fact, and always cross-examined -an assertion. So when I questioned Mrs. Marcet's book by such little...anchor in chemical knowledge, and clung fast to it." He always felt the deepest veneration for Mrs. Marcet, and it was a great delight to him in after years... | |
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