 | John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 646 pages
...of the great chancellor, Verulam. Which of Mr. Boyle's works shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." So complete a man was he, that besides being devoted to the examination of nature, he was also the... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1867 - 450 pages
...shall I recommend ?" says the same philosopher. " All of them," he answers. To this he adds : To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...his works may be deduced the whole system of Natural Knowledge."t Francisco Redi, another great thinker of his time, calls him "the greatest man that ever... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - Periodicals - 1867 - 450 pages
...shall I recommend ?" sliys the same philosopher. " All of them," he answers. To this he adds : To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...his works may be deduced the whole system of Natural Knowledge."t Francisco Redi, another great thinker of his time, calls him " the greatest man that ever... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Religion - 1868 - 384 pages
...was the ornament of his age and country. Which of his writings shall I commend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." He was treated with particular kindness and respect by King Charles the Second, as well as by the two... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 404 pages
...his age and country, succeeded to the genins and inquiries of the great Chancellor Verulam. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge."] SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE RESURRECTION. (FROM COLLECTED WORKS PURLISHED IN 1772.)... | |
 | John Stoughton - Scientists - 1879 - 358 pages
...Continent, enthusiastic in their admiration of the English philosopher ; and Boerhaave exclaimed, " To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." s Boyle is spoken of by Sir John Herschel as " animated by an enthusiasm of ardour which hurried him... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Biography - 1892 - 890 pages
...stirring in every direction. He was much admired by Continental thinkers : Boerhaave says, " We owe to him the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." He was the friend of Newton, Wallis, Locke, Sydenham, and Burnet. He died December 30, 1691, and was buried... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Biography - 1892 - 674 pages
...stirring in every direction. He was much admired by Continental thinkers : Boerhaave says, " We owe to him the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...from his works may be deduced the whole system of 402 BOYLE : PAPIN [MODERN natural knowledge." He was the friend of Newton, Wallis, Locke, Sydenham,... | |
 | Irish literature - 1893 - 386 pages
...his age and country, succeeded to the genius and inquiries of the great Chancellor Verulam. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge."] SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE RESURRECTION. (FROM COLLECTED WORKS PURLISHED IN 1772.)... | |
 | 1893 - 478 pages
...great Chancellor Verulam. Which of all Mr. Boyle-s writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables,...be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge." This tribute to the genius of Eobert Boyle, who was born the same year as the great Chancellor Verulam... | |
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Mr. Boyle's writings shall I recommend ? All of them. To him we owe the secrets of fire, air, water, animals, vegetables, fossils: so that from his works may be deduced the whole system of natural knowledge. 
