Author: Robert Jameson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-01-19

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9780243090754

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Excerpt from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. 23: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts; April-October 1837 In 1783 m 1784, he quitted St Andrews, and proceeded to Edinburgh, with the intention of entering himself as a student of Divinityin the Metropolitan University. He was accom pamed, wehelieve, by another young Mathematician, destined, like Wm chain a distinguished niche in the Temple of Fame - James Ivory; and they lived together for some time. He never had any liking for the Church as a profession; and though he m formally entered at the Divinity Hall, he con. Trived to devote his first session to the sciences, particularly to Chemistry. In hot, he seems early to have relinquished all thooflts of thechurch - a resolution perhaps hastened by the death of his patron, the Earl of Kinnoull, which took place soon d'ter his removal to Edinburgh. He continued to study here till theolose of the session of 1787; and, as is customary with students of greater ability and industry than means, de voted partof his time to private tuition. One of the young men whose studies he assisted was nearly related to, and be emne the heir of Dr Adam Smith - a circumstance which he was accustomed to recollect with pleasure, as having made him known to that illustrious Philosopher, who treated him kindly, and occasionally fivoured him with directions as to his own pursuits. His first essay as an author must have been com posed about the time of his leaving this university. It was a Paper On the Resolution of indeterminate Problems, which was read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Mr Playfair, in 1788, and afterwards published in its Transactions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. 23 written by Robert Jameson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. 23: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts; April-October 1837 In 1783 m 1784, he quitted St Andrews, and proceeded to Edinburgh, with the intention of entering himself as a student of Divinityin the Metropolitan University. He was accom pamed, wehelieve, by another young Mathematician, destined, like Wm chain a distinguished niche in the Temple of Fame - James Ivory; and they lived together for some time. He never had any liking for the Church as a profession; and though he m formally entered at the Divinity Hall, he con. Trived to devote his first session to the sciences, particularly to Chemistry. In hot, he seems early to have relinquished all thooflts of thechurch - a resolution perhaps hastened by the death of his patron, the Earl of Kinnoull, which took place soon d'ter his removal to Edinburgh. He continued to study here till theolose of the session of 1787; and, as is customary with students of greater ability and industry than means, de voted partof his time to private tuition. One of the young men whose studies he assisted was nearly related to, and be emne the heir of Dr Adam Smith - a circumstance which he was accustomed to recollect with pleasure, as having made him known to that illustrious Philosopher, who treated him kindly, and occasionally fivoured him with directions as to his own pursuits. His first essay as an author must have been com posed about the time of his leaving this university. It was a Paper On the Resolution of indeterminate Problems, which was read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Mr Playfair, in 1788, and afterwards published in its Transactions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.