| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1835 - 522 lapas
...analytical operations, acquired by dint of practice and experience, is a mere common species of laboit¥t often merely mechanical ; whilst a distinct apprehension...with an ardour after the investigation of truth." Mr. Woolhouse in his paper has pursued a different course; he has made it his study to present the... | |
| 1835 - 532 lapas
...our academical treatises on this as well as other subjects, abound so much with complex algebraical processes, without the slightest traces of logical...mind, and stimulates its energies with an ardour after th« investigation of truth." Mr. Woolhouse in his paper has pursued a different course; he has made... | |
| 1872 - 366 lapas
...logical reasoning to excrcise and improve the intellect. We should bear in mind thut the simple exccution of analytical operations acquired by dint of practice...arguments employed, constitute the intellectual lore t lull gratifies and enriches the mind, and stimulates its energies with an ardour after the investigation... | |
| W. P. Higgs - 1876 - 122 lapas
...Differential Calculus,' Mr. Woolhouse observes, with only too much reason, how " it is to be regretted that most of our academical treatises on this, as...with an ardour after the investigation of truth." Mathematics naturally divide into two divisions, to which are related (a) the solutions of problems... | |
| Robert Galloway - 1881 - 488 lapas
...well as other subjects, abound so much with complex algebraical processes, without the slightest trace of logical reasoning to exercise and improve the intellect....with an ardour after the investigation of truth," Dr. Whewell forced the University of Cambridge to consider the question, " What is it that we are teaching... | |
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