American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - Science |
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... less and less with theory , and to confine the attention more and more to practical results . There was a period , when metaphysical inquiries consti- tuted the principal delight of scholars and philosophers ; and endless were the ...
... less and less with theory , and to confine the attention more and more to practical results . There was a period , when metaphysical inquiries consti- tuted the principal delight of scholars and philosophers ; and endless were the ...
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... less of mutual instruction , for those , who were to be bred in the arts . These institutions began , as you know , under the auspices of Professor Anderson , at Glasgow , and so slowly worked their way into public favour , that ten ...
... less of mutual instruction , for those , who were to be bred in the arts . These institutions began , as you know , under the auspices of Professor Anderson , at Glasgow , and so slowly worked their way into public favour , that ten ...
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... less felt . But I may quote the remark of one of our most ingenious country- men , who , to a question put to him , what , after two months ' examination of the patent office at Washington , and his own surveys elsewhere , appeared to ...
... less felt . But I may quote the remark of one of our most ingenious country- men , who , to a question put to him , what , after two months ' examination of the patent office at Washington , and his own surveys elsewhere , appeared to ...
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... , neglected , suffering genius ! What constant comfort to cheer the hard hours of labour , and the heavier hours of despondency ! Much less of success in life is in reality dependent upon accident , or 32 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
... , neglected , suffering genius ! What constant comfort to cheer the hard hours of labour , and the heavier hours of despondency ! Much less of success in life is in reality dependent upon accident , or 32 STORY'S DISCOURSE .
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... less power , or of more difficult application . Mechanical philosophy , therefore , may be said to be , that science which instructs us in the knowledge of natural moving powers , animate or inanimate ; in the manner of modifying those ...
... less power , or of more difficult application . Mechanical philosophy , therefore , may be said to be , that science which instructs us in the knowledge of natural moving powers , animate or inanimate ; in the manner of modifying those ...
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