Outlines of a Course of Lectures On Meteorology Addressed to the Senior ...
Outlines of a Course of Lectures On Meteorology Addressed to the Senior ...
Denison Olmsted
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The class of consummate astronomers — those who have united these different qualities, as Kepler, Galileo, Newton. IL Laws of Reasoning in Astronomy. — Danger of resting on slight evidences or feeble analogies, when it is supposed full evi- dence is unattainable — Unreasonableness of skepticism and incre- dulity in regard to the established truths of the science. Advan- tages of having in view a few leading principles of reasoning. 1. The possibility of a thing but slight evidence of its realit...y. 2. The same causes produce the same effects — ^proper meaning and restrictions of this law. Digitized by VjOOQIC 4 OUTLINES OF LBCTURKS 3. The argument front analogy explained — its use and abu^e in astronomy. 4. The argument from authority — ^to : be received with caution, and of eacli astronomer in .his. .own peculiar sphere of excellence. III. Advantages op the Study. 1. To commerce iand navigation. — Stars earlier guides than the compass — Now far more accurate — Example of the accuracy of the lunar' method given by Basil Hall-r-Constancy of the motions of the heavenly bodies, and the perfection of instrumental meas* urement, as asserted by Dr.
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