 | New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 660 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philofopher was, that all his ftudies were accommodated to general utility ; .and we find,...of mechanical arts. He had refolved, for the fame purpoie, tp compofe a courfe of practical mathematics, and to refcue feveral ufeful branches of the... | |
 | 1762 - 668 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philofopher was, that all his ftudies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find,...application even of the moft\ abftrufe theories, to the pcrfedtijig of mechanical arts. He had refolved, for the fame purpofe, to compofe a courfe of practical... | |
 | Colin MacLaurin - 1775 - 468 pages
...Arithmetic and Geometry. To this view of general utility, Mr. Maclaurin had acSommodated all his ftuciies ; and we find in many places of his works an application,...to compofe a courfe of practical mathematics, and torefcue feveral ufeful branches of the fcience, from the bad treatment they often meet Vith in lefs... | |
 | 1784 - 510 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philofopher was, that all his Ihidies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find,...places of his works, an application even of the moft abftruie theories, to the perfecting of mechanical arts. He had refolved, for the fame purpofe, to... | |
 | Colin MacLaurin - 1801 - 506 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated to general utility; and we find,...many places of his works, an application even of the most abstruse theories to the perfecting of mechanical arts. For the same purpose, he had resolved... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find,...many places of his works, an application even of the most abstruse theories, to the perfecting of mechanical arts. He had resolved for the same purpose,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 684 pages
...in a happier and more perfect state. His peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find...many places of his works an application, even of the most abstruse theories, to the perfecting of mechanical arts. He had resolved, for the same purpose,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...worthy oflove аз well as admiration. Hi« peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated* to general utility ; and we find,...many places of his works, an application, even of the most abstruse theories, to tue perfecting of mechanical arts. For the same purpose he had resolved... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philofopher was, that all his ftudies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find, in many places of his works, an application ч ven of the moft abftrufe theories, to the perfecting of mechanical arts. He had refolved, for the... | |
 | 1812 - 564 pages
...praise; such was the praise of Maclaurin: " His peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated to general utility; and we find...many places of his works an application even of the most abstruse theories to the perfecting of mechanical arts*." But he also must be considered as entitled... | |
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Maclaurin was a very good as well as a very great man, and worthy of love as well as admiration. His peculiar merit as a philosopher was, that all his studies were accommodated to general utility ; and we find, in many places of his works, an application... 
