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Three Lectures Addressed to the Students of Belfast College on Some of the Advantages of Mathematical Study; To Which Is Added an Examination of Hume'

Three Lectures Addressed to the Students of Belfast College on Some of the Advantages of Mathematical Study; To Which Is Added an Examination of Hume'


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1846 Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, &c. Gentlemen, It is usual, I believe, in places of public education, to introduce the several seasons of study by means of a Preliminary Lecture. Upon me has fallen the honour of opening the Mathematical Classes in this Institution, and I now enter upon the duty, not without some share of that confidence which every Englishman feels when about to address an Irish audience; for, great as are my own misgivings as to my claims upon your attention, yet I know enough of Irish character, and have experienced enough of Irish generosity, to persuade me that I shall not, on this occasion--an occasion when I feel that I so much need your indulgence, --solicit that indulgence in vain. I must apologise to you not only for the manner, but also for the matter, of the observations which I am about to submit to you, for I have thought it advisable to depart in some measure from the course generally adopted upon occasions like the present. Introductory Lectures are usually devoted to the history of the subject to be introduced. It is not, however, my intention in the present brief discourse, to offer to you anything like an historical account of the rise and progress of so extensive a department of human knowledge as the mathematical sciences embrace. Such an account would necessarily be imperfect in the extreme, and could convey to you little more than a mere chronological statement of the names of those illustrious men to whose accumulated labours, through a period of at least 3000 years, we are indebted for the splendid array of intellectual achievements which constitutes the science of modern Europe--achievements which no one can contemplate in their full extent, without being amazed at the extraordinary powers of the human mind. Instead, however, ..


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235830488
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235830489
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 59 gr


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