American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - Science |
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... age , and the improvements , by which it is characterized . Many learned discussions have been presented to the public with a view to illustrate this topic ; to open the nature and extent of our attainments ; to contrast them with those ...
... age , and the improvements , by which it is characterized . Many learned discussions have been presented to the public with a view to illustrate this topic ; to open the nature and extent of our attainments ; to contrast them with those ...
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... age , that which in the largest extent exemplified its spirit , I should unhesitatingly answer , that it was the superior attachment to practical science over merely speculative science . Into whatever department of knowledge we search ...
... age , that which in the largest extent exemplified its spirit , I should unhesitatingly answer , that it was the superior attachment to practical science over merely speculative science . Into whatever department of knowledge we search ...
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... ages at almost immeas- urable distances from each other ; and the pathways between them were few and little frequented . It was not until some fortunate discoveries in the arts had led to opulence , that scientific men began to ...
... ages at almost immeas- urable distances from each other ; and the pathways between them were few and little frequented . It was not until some fortunate discoveries in the arts had led to opulence , that scientific men began to ...
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... age in simultaneous , and elegant inventions . It is true in the general progress of society , that art generally precedes science . The savage first constructs his hut , prepares his food , fashions his weapons of defence , and ...
... age in simultaneous , and elegant inventions . It is true in the general progress of society , that art generally precedes science . The savage first constructs his hut , prepares his food , fashions his weapons of defence , and ...
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... age . It will otherwise happen , that a mechanic , by the time he has arrived mid- way in life , will find himself superseded by those , who , though much younger , have begun life under more favor- able auspices . But upon this I may ...
... age . It will otherwise happen , that a mechanic , by the time he has arrived mid- way in life , will find himself superseded by those , who , though much younger , have begun life under more favor- able auspices . But upon this I may ...
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