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History of the Inductive Sciences, From the Earliest to the Present Time · William Whewell — chapter 55 of 210 · ~117 words · public domain

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Popular Opinion, and the Pride of supposed Knowledge. Part II. On the source of perfect wisdom in the Sacred Scripture. Part III. On the Usefulness of Grammar. Part IV. On the Usefulness of Mathematics. (1.) The Necessity of Mathematics in Human Things (published separately as the Specula Mathematica). (2.) The Necessity of Mathematics in Divine Things.--1°. This study has occupied holy men: 2°. Geography: 3°. Chronology: 4°. Cycles; the Golden Number, &c.: 5°. Natural Phenomena, as the Rainbow: 6°. Arithmetic: 7°. Music. (3.) The Necessity of Mathematics in Ecclesiastical Things. 1°. The Certification of Faith: 2°. The Correction of the Calendar. (4.) The Necessity of Mathematics in the State.--1°. Of Climates: 2°. Hydrography: 3°. Geography: 4°. Astrology.

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