Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithA study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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He rubbed his magnet with garlic and proved that garlic does not hinder the attraction ; he placed a diamond " between a needle and a loadstone ” and observed that coition was not interrupted ; he made two magnetical dials and proved ...
He rubbed his magnet with garlic and proved that garlic does not hinder the attraction ; he placed a diamond " between a needle and a loadstone ” and observed that coition was not interrupted ; he made two magnetical dials and proved ...
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Most of his observations depended largely on the power of the naked eye.10 INQUIRY BY REASON Along with “ sense , ” that is , experiment and observation , Browne uses reason as his third “ determinator .
Most of his observations depended largely on the power of the naked eye.10 INQUIRY BY REASON Along with “ sense , ” that is , experiment and observation , Browne uses reason as his third “ determinator .
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A thermometer was sent him , to observe the weather in Halifax . He reported on his investigations ... he observed a comet . ... The section on “ Microscopical Observations ” was the first work on microscopy to be published in Eng9 ..
A thermometer was sent him , to observe the weather in Halifax . He reported on his investigations ... he observed a comet . ... The section on “ Microscopical Observations ” was the first work on microscopy to be published in Eng9 ..
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Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Issue 16 of Life of science library |
| Author | Jeremiah Stanton Finch |
| Publisher | Schuman, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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