The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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Page 58
... have for their object the discovery of farther and farther means of uniting the results of scientific research to the arts and business of life . AN ESSAY ON THE IMPORTANCE TO PRACTICAL MEN OF SCI- 58 WEBSTER'S LECTURE .
... have for their object the discovery of farther and farther means of uniting the results of scientific research to the arts and business of life . AN ESSAY ON THE IMPORTANCE TO PRACTICAL MEN OF SCI- 58 WEBSTER'S LECTURE .
Page 66
... discovery had not been made for ages after the death of Columbus , he would , nevertheless , in publishing this idea to the world , have been the pilot that led the way , who- ever had followed his guidance . Sir Richard Arkwright ...
... discovery had not been made for ages after the death of Columbus , he would , nevertheless , in publishing this idea to the world , have been the pilot that led the way , who- ever had followed his guidance . Sir Richard Arkwright ...
Page 67
... discovery and improvement . No one can tell us what might have been done , had every opportunity been faithfully improved ; every suggestion saga- ciously caught up and followed out . No one can tell how often the uneducated or ...
... discovery and improvement . No one can tell us what might have been done , had every opportunity been faithfully improved ; every suggestion saga- ciously caught up and followed out . No one can tell how often the uneducated or ...
Page 70
... discovery , " he heaved a deep sigh , and , conscious of an immortal name , felt that he could have been content , had that moment been his last . " How easily it might have been his last , was shown by the fact , that when ` professor ...
... discovery , " he heaved a deep sigh , and , conscious of an immortal name , felt that he could have been content , had that moment been his last . " How easily it might have been his last , was shown by the fact , that when ` professor ...
Page 71
... discovery of a mod- ification of electricity , which bears the name of the philos- opher by whom it was made known to the world ; -I refer , of course , to Galvanism . Lewis Galvani was an anatomist in Bologna . On a table in his study ...
... discovery of a mod- ification of electricity , which bears the name of the philos- opher by whom it was made known to the world ; -I refer , of course , to Galvanism . Lewis Galvani was an anatomist in Bologna . On a table in his study ...
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