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" The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible. "
Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 65
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 69

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1858 - 640 pages
...calls " Solomon's House," and informs us by the mouth of one of its members, that " The end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions of Things ; and enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." As one important...
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The Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 69

1858 - 648 pages
...calls " Solomon's House," and informs us by the mouth of one of its members, that " The end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions of Things ; and enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire to the effecting of nil things possible." As one important...
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ..., Volume 28

British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1859 - 750 pages
...calls " Solomon's House," and informs us, by the mouth of one of its members, that " the end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions...Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." Amongst the means and instruments to this great end, Bacon imagines laboratories situated at the greatest...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...The end of our foundation is the knowledge nf causes, and secret motions of things; and the uularging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of...are these. We have large and deep caves of several depth* ; the deepest are sunk six hundred fathom ; and some of them are digged and made under great...
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Handbook of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Margaret Fison - 1859 - 242 pages
...Scientific Association of Great Britain. " The end of its foundation," said this great philosopher, "is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of...human empire to the effecting of all things possible." In the first stage of its action, the principle of association linked together only a few scientific...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, Volume 2, Issue 4; Volume 4

1859 - 552 pages
...for the possession of future generations. the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions of Things; and enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." Aa one important means of effecting the great aims of Bueon's " six days' college," certain of its...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, Volume 2, Issue 4; Volume 4

1859 - 532 pages
...he calls "Solomon's House," and informs us by the mouth of one of its members, that " The end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions of Things ; and enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." As one important...
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The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art

1859 - 450 pages
...calls " Solomon's House," and informs us by the mouth of one of its members, that " The end of its Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motions of Things ; and enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire to the effecting of all things possible." As one important...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1860 - 460 pages
...of Solomon, (as Bacon quaintly termed it,) "the end of which is the knowledge of causes and of the secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the...human empire to the effecting of all things possible." 2 Publications.—The publications of the Institution are now divided into three classes: the "Contributions...
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On the Philosophy of Discovery: Chapters Historical and Critical

William Whewell - 1860 - 604 pages
...this institution to the inquiring traveller, describes it by the name of Solomon's House, and says14, "The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things; and the enlarging the bounds of the human empire to effecting of things possible." And, as parts of this House, he describes...
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