Treatise on natural philosophy. Volume 2 / William Thomson, P.G. Tait.
'The term 'natural philosophy' was used by Newton, and is still used in British Universities, to denote the investigation of laws in the material world, and the deduction of results not directly observed.' This definition, from the Preface to the second edition of 1879, defines t...
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Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge library collection.
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