The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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Page 52
... lead , in the great business of domestic manufactures . thickened population , her energetic free labor , her abundant falls of water , and various other causes , have led her citi- zens to embark , with great boldness , into extensive ...
... lead , in the great business of domestic manufactures . thickened population , her energetic free labor , her abundant falls of water , and various other causes , have led her citi- zens to embark , with great boldness , into extensive ...
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... lead- ing principles of mechanical philosophy , the chances were indefinitely multiplied against these accidental improvements . For want of the diffusion of information among practical men , the improvements prevailing in an art in one ...
... lead- ing principles of mechanical philosophy , the chances were indefinitely multiplied against these accidental improvements . For want of the diffusion of information among practical men , the improvements prevailing in an art in one ...
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... lead to further discov- eries and still greater improvements . Of that vast system , which we call Nature , and of which none but its Author can comprehend the whole , the laws and the properties , that have as yet been explored ...
... lead to further discov- eries and still greater improvements . Of that vast system , which we call Nature , and of which none but its Author can comprehend the whole , the laws and the properties , that have as yet been explored ...
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... lead to the cultivation of new arts . It is unnecessary to dwell on particulars ; but who can estimate the full effect on social affairs of such products as sugar , coffee , tea , rice , tobacco , the potato , cotton , indigo , the ...
... lead to the cultivation of new arts . It is unnecessary to dwell on particulars ; but who can estimate the full effect on social affairs of such products as sugar , coffee , tea , rice , tobacco , the potato , cotton , indigo , the ...
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provement . Thus a mechanical invention may lead to a geographical discovery ; a physical cause to a political or an intellectual effect . A discovery results in an art ; an art produces a comfort ; a comfort , made cheaply accessible ...
provement . Thus a mechanical invention may lead to a geographical discovery ; a physical cause to a political or an intellectual effect . A discovery results in an art ; an art produces a comfort ; a comfort , made cheaply accessible ...
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