American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - Science |
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Page 18
... existence of a like in- vention in the improved machinery in England . Against such positive proof there was much difficulty in proceed- ing . The testimony , though doubted , could not be dis- credited ; and the trial was postponed to ...
... existence of a like in- vention in the improved machinery in England . Against such positive proof there was much difficulty in proceed- ing . The testimony , though doubted , could not be dis- credited ; and the trial was postponed to ...
Page 28
... soil ! which but for him would have had no existence . What wonders were accomplished by the self- taught architect , Brindley , himself a humble mill - wright ; and yet of such vast compass of thought , that 28 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
... soil ! which but for him would have had no existence . What wonders were accomplished by the self- taught architect , Brindley , himself a humble mill - wright ; and yet of such vast compass of thought , that 28 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
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... existence of the almost infinite subdi- visions of labour , by which , though more perfection in the result is sometimes obtained , the process has an almost uniform tendency to reduce human beings to mere machines ; the mildness of the ...
... existence of the almost infinite subdi- visions of labour , by which , though more perfection in the result is sometimes obtained , the process has an almost uniform tendency to reduce human beings to mere machines ; the mildness of the ...
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... existence . He would still be but the inelegant , misshapen . inhabitant of the ocean , " wallowing unwieldy , enormous in his gait . ” Were the Elephant made to possess it , it would but teach him the deformity of his own structure ...
... existence . He would still be but the inelegant , misshapen . inhabitant of the ocean , " wallowing unwieldy , enormous in his gait . ” Were the Elephant made to possess it , it would but teach him the deformity of his own structure ...
Page 42
... existence , and is a clear proof , and a direct instance , of the favour of God towards his so much favoured human offspring . If man had been so made as to have desired nothing , he would have wanted almost every thing worth possessing ...
... existence , and is a clear proof , and a direct instance , of the favour of God towards his so much favoured human offspring . If man had been so made as to have desired nothing , he would have wanted almost every thing worth possessing ...
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