American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - Science |
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... live indeed to enjoy the full glory of his invention . It is mournful to say , that attempts were made to rob him in the first place of the merits of his invention , and next of its fruits . He fell a victim to his efforts to sustain ...
... live indeed to enjoy the full glory of his invention . It is mournful to say , that attempts were made to rob him in the first place of the merits of his invention , and next of its fruits . He fell a victim to his efforts to sustain ...
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... qualities , and compo- nent parts , by removing nauseous substances , simplifying processes , and purifying the raw materials . It has secured the lives of thousands by its wonderful safety lamps , 2 STORY'S S DISCOURSE . 13.
... qualities , and compo- nent parts , by removing nauseous substances , simplifying processes , and purifying the raw materials . It has secured the lives of thousands by its wonderful safety lamps , 2 STORY'S S DISCOURSE . 13.
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the lives of thousands by its wonderful safety lamps , which prevent explosions from the invisible but fatal fire - damps of mines . It lights our streets and theatres by its beau- tiful gas , extracted from coal . It enters our dye ...
the lives of thousands by its wonderful safety lamps , which prevent explosions from the invisible but fatal fire - damps of mines . It lights our streets and theatres by its beau- tiful gas , extracted from coal . It enters our dye ...
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thoughts , but it elevates them , and thus gives them a live- lier moral action . When one has seen an apple fall from a tree , and is told for the first time , that its fall is regulated by the law of gravitation , the simplicity of ...
thoughts , but it elevates them , and thus gives them a live- lier moral action . When one has seen an apple fall from a tree , and is told for the first time , that its fall is regulated by the law of gravitation , the simplicity of ...
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... lives of some of us , almost all that is known has been learned . And while there is this aggregate of science , already vast , but still rapidly in- creasing , offering itself to the ingenuity of mechanical con- trivance , there is a ...
... lives of some of us , almost all that is known has been learned . And while there is this aggregate of science , already vast , but still rapidly in- creasing , offering itself to the ingenuity of mechanical con- trivance , there is a ...
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