Remarks On Duelling Comprising Observations On the Arguments in Defence of That
Remarks On Duelling Comprising Observations On the Arguments in Defence of That
George Buchan
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It is true, that sulphuric acid absorbs moisture. It is true, that by the rarefaction of air cold is produced. But who will take upon him to say, that no discovery in science is made in the com- bining of these two principles ? This would just be saying that no discovery in science could possibly be made. Every discovery in science is the result of a combination of prin^ 54 ciples in nature, existing before, and which are known to be so, before the discovery is made. Neither Professor Robison, ...nor Professor Playfair, nor La Place, nor Dr. Brewster, nor any other philosopher, ever attempted to perform this experiment until it was done by Mr. Leslie. Gentlemen, there is nothing new under the sun. The Copernican system, and the Newtonian system, are nothing more than a deduction of principles from known facts. From the falling of a stone, the principle of gravitation was deduced ; and after the discovery of America was made by Columbus, there were not wanting men to inform us, that this could easily have been found out, from attending to first principles.
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