Fabled Shore - From the Pyrenees to Portugal

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Travel

MACAULAY, Rose

Europe

Muller Press

Scientific Inference

Jeffreys, Sir Harold

Science & Math

FROM THE PYRENEES TO PORTUGAL by ROSE MACAULAY.Contents include: Introductory I CATALONIAN SHORE 9 VALENCIAN SHORE So MURCIAN SHORE 114 ANDALUCIAN SHORE 123 ALGARVE SHORE 184 Index 199 ILLUSTRATIONS PAIACIO DEL MARQUES DE Dos AGUAS, VALENCIA Frontispiece Facing page SAN PERE DE RODA 12 AMPURIAS 13 GERONA 28 ESCALERA DE SANTO DOMINGO, GERONA 29 CALELLA, COSTA BRAVA 34 COSTA BRAVA 35 TOSSA DE MAR 42 UNFINISHED CHURCH OF THE SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA 43 SANTA MARIA, TARRASA 60 CATHEDRAL, TARRAGONA 61 SAGUNTO, CASTLE AND AMPHITHEATRE 86 PE ISCOLA 87 DENIA, PORT AND CASTLE 104 PE ON DE IFACH, CALPE 105 ALICANTE HARBOUR 108 MOJACAR 109 ORIHUELA 112 CASA SE ORIAL, LORCA 113 CAVE DWELLINGS, GUADIX 126 GRANADA 127 SACRISTIA OF THE CARTUJA, GRANADA 132 TOCADOR DE LA REINA, ALHAMBRA, GRANADA 133 ARCO ROMANO, RONDA 144 TARIFA 145

Originally published in 1931. SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE by HAROLD JEFFREYS M. A., D. Sc., F R. S. Contents include: Preface .,....., P a g e vii Chapter I LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE ... i Chapter II PROBABILITY 8 Chapter III SAMPLING 24 Chapter IV QUANTITATIVE LAWS 36 Chapter V ERRORS 52 Chapter VI PHYSICAL MAGNITUDES 84 Chapter VII MENSURATION 107 Chapter VIII NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS 131 Chapter IX LIGHT AND RELATIVITY 159 VI CONTENTS Chapter X MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS . . . page 191 Chapter XI OTHER THEORIES OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE . 218 Appendix I PROBABILITY IN LOGIC AND PURE MATHEMATICS . 229 Appendix II INFINITE NUMBERS 232 Appendix III THE ANALYTIC TREATMENT OF THE SINE AND COSINE 237 Lemmas 240 Index 245: PREFACE: THE present work had its beginnings in a series of papers published jointly some years ago by Dr Dorothy Wrinch and myself. Both before and since that time several books pur porting to give analyses of the principles of scientific inquiry have appeared, but it seems to me that none of them gives adequate attention to the chief guiding principle of both scientific and everyday knowledge that it is possible to learn from experience and to make inferences from it beyond the data directly known by sensation. Discussions from the philosophical and logical point of view have tended to the con clusion that this principle cannot be justified by logic alone, which is true, and have left it at that. In discussions by physicists, on the other hand, it hardly seems to be noticed that such a principle exists. In the present work the principle is frankly adopted as a primitive postulate and its consequences are developed. It is found to lead to an explanation and a justification of the high probabilities attached in practice to simple quantitative laws, and thereby to a recasting of the processes involved in description. As illustrations of the actual relations of scientific laws to experience it is shown how the sciences of mensuration and dynamics may be developed. I have been stimulated to an interest in the subject myself on account of the fact that in my work in the subjects of cosmo gony and geophysics it has habitually been necessary to apply physical laws far beyond their original range of verification in both time and distance, and the problems involved in such extrapolation have therefore always been prominent. My thanks are due to the staff of the Cambridge Univer sity Press for their care and courtesy also to Dr Wrinch and Mr M. H. A. Newman, who have read the whole in proof and suggested many improvements. HAROLD JEFFREYS ST JOHNS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE January 1931. CHAPTER I: LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE Contrariwise, continued Tweedledee, if it was so, it might be and if it were so, it would be but as it isnt, it aint. Thats logic. LEWIS CARROLL, Through the Looking Glass 1-1. The fundamental problem of this work is the question of the nature of scientific inference. The data available to the scientific worker, as well as to the man in the street, are com posed of two classes. The first class consists of the crude data provided by the senses. These will be called sensations. The second class consists of general principles, which determine how the information provided by the senses is to be treated. It is actually treated in two different ways, which may be called description and inference. Description, in the strict sense, would involve only the cataloguing and classification of sensations already experienced. Inference is the use of sen sations already experienced to derive information about sen sations not yet experienced, to construct physical objects, and to describe the past and future of these physical objects. For pure description only an application of the principles of classification and the properties of classes is required these are purely logical ideas. Inference requires much more...

Ivan the Fool

TOLSTOY, LEO

History

Starting Right With Milk Goats

<p>This early work is a fascinating read for any goat enthusiast or historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical for the amateur or professional goat farmer today. Extensively illustrated with text and full page photographs and diagrams. Contents Include: Preface; There's Milk in Your Backyard; What Breed to Buy?; How to Buy a Good Doe; The Goat's Quarters; Feeding for More Milk; Grooming the Goat; Milking and Care of Milk and Equipment; Breeding-Good and Bad; The Buck; Kidding; Feeding the Kids; Removing Horns; Chevon; Keeping Goats Healthy; Goat Milk and Cream; Making Butter at Home; Making Cheese from Goat Milk; What to do with Manure; Goats as a Business; and an Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.</p>

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Walsh, Helen

Crafts & Hobbies

Locomotive Engine Driving A Practical Manual For Engineers In Charge Of Locomotive Engines

Reynolds, Michael

Technology

Etching And Etchers

Arts & Photography

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

History & Criticism

Mate In Two Moves - The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy

This book is a comprehensive guide to the two-move chess problem that will delight chess lovers. Extensively illustrated. Contents Include: Introduction; Definitions; The Key; Themes. Based on Black Defence; Themes. Based on Black Mistakes; Mating Strategy; Combination Themes; Changed and Added Mates; Construction; Composing; Solving and Analysing; New Developments; Index of Names; General Index. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Humor & Entertainment

Harley, Brian

Puzzles & Games

<p>This classic book comprises a wonderful how-to guide to lampshade-making. One of the most popular of the home handicrafts, the designing and creation of personalised lampshades for the home can be fascinating, simple, and absorbing. A wonderful hobby for creative people, the art of lampshade-making can save you money whilst at the same time recycling material and producing attractive, original additions to your home decor. This book was designed with beginners in mind, and as such it is a veritable must-have for anyone interested in embracing lampshade-making as a hobby. Chapters contained herein include: Lampshade Materials, Frames, Tools and Equipment; Paper Patterns; Simple Everyday Lampshade Making; Novel Lamps from Old Jars and Bottles; Lampshade Decoration; Decorative Lampshades; Modern Style Table Lamps; and Parchment Craft. We are proud to republish this antique book here with a new introduction to the subject.</p>

Lampshade and Parchment Craft

Day, Frederick T.

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