The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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... his own surveys elsewhere , appeared to him the most inter- esting of American inventions , unhesitatingly answered , Whittemore's card machine . The remark was made by Perkins ; and perhaps no person , but himself , STORY'S DISCourse . 27.
... his own surveys elsewhere , appeared to him the most inter- esting of American inventions , unhesitatingly answered , Whittemore's card machine . The remark was made by Perkins ; and perhaps no person , but himself , STORY'S DISCourse . 27.
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Perkins ; and perhaps no person , but himself , would have thought , that his own nail machine , which with its toggle- joint consumes bars of iron , and returns them in nails , with the tranquil grandeur of a giant , conscious of ...
Perkins ; and perhaps no person , but himself , would have thought , that his own nail machine , which with its toggle- joint consumes bars of iron , and returns them in nails , with the tranquil grandeur of a giant , conscious of ...
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... persons , practically conversant with the nature of the metals , than a project to transmute pine into oak , or fish into flesh . In like manner , by giving science wholly up to the philos- ophers , and making the practical arts of life ...
... persons , practically conversant with the nature of the metals , than a project to transmute pine into oak , or fish into flesh . In like manner , by giving science wholly up to the philos- ophers , and making the practical arts of life ...
Page 63
... persons , who , in the pursuit of any of the useful arts , have signalized themselves by the application of scientific principles for the invention of new processes or the improvement of the old , have been self- educated men . I am ...
... persons , who , in the pursuit of any of the useful arts , have signalized themselves by the application of scientific principles for the invention of new processes or the improvement of the old , have been self- educated men . I am ...
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... person ignorant , and poor , to engage the co- operation of an intelligent watchmaker ! Neither is it intended ... persons competent to carry forward such casual sug- gestions of improvement as may present themselves , and to bring their ...
... person ignorant , and poor , to engage the co- operation of an intelligent watchmaker ! Neither is it intended ... persons competent to carry forward such casual sug- gestions of improvement as may present themselves , and to bring their ...
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