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Science and British philosophy: Boyle and Newton — G.A.J.Rogers INTRODUCTION Achievements in the natural sciences in the period from Nicholas Copernicus (1473– 1543) to the death of Isaac Newton (1642–1727) changed our whole understanding of the nature of the universe and of the ways in which we… … History of philosophy
PROVINCIA Romana — et Provincia simpliciter, Caesari la Provenza, regio Galliae Narbonensis, inter Rhodanum et Alpes maritimas, in qua Galloligures Straboni. Ubi Aquae, Arelatum, et Avenio, metropoles. Ausonius: Fusa per immensum quondam Provincia regnum. Baudrando … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
aurora borealis — 1620s, Northern Lights, lit. northern dawn, said to have been coined by French philosopher Petrus Gassendus (1592 1655) after a spectacular display seen in France Sept. 2, 1621; see AURORA (Cf. aurora) + BOREAL (Cf. boreal). In northern Scotland… … Etymology dictionary
