Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence, With Practical Instructions to the Navigator, to Enable Him ... for Any Given Day, and for Any Part of

Early imbued with a desire to understand the causes of natural phenomena, the author devoured with avidity the interpretations contained in the elementary works of orthodox science, until reason and observation rendered him dissatisfied with the repast. To him it appeared that there was an evident tendency in scholastic instruction, to make the knowledge of nature in accessible to the many, that the world might be made more dependent on the few; while many of the established principles, on which the learned rested, seemed to be at variance with the simplicity and consistency of truth.
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