 | John Evans - 1807 - 318 pages
...and shut without hit assistance, and leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play, fellows. One of the greatest improvements that have been made...this machine since it was first invented^ was in this mauner the discovery of" a boy who wanted to save his own labour." Adam, Smith. COVERING OF ANIMALS... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour. All the improvements in machinery, however, have by no means been the inventions of those who had occasion... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented, was in this r nnner I the discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour. . ;., All the improvements in machinery,... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...assistance, and leave him at liberty to divert himself. A most important improvement in the steam-engine was, in this manner, the discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour. Mr. M. next proceeded to trace the origin of cities and towns, and the difference between town and... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1830 - 420 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour. " All the improvements in machinery, however, have by no means been the inventions of those who had... | |
 | 1831 - 444 pages
...— One of the greatest improvements that has been made in the fire-engine since its invention, was the discovery of a boy, who wanted to save his own labour. When these engines were first used, a boy was constantly employed to open and shut alternately the... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1850 - 172 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour." In the best-conducted schools, where moral culture is more particularly attended to, emulation is now... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 576 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...was in this manner the discovery of a boy who wanted lo.save his own labour.1 All the improvements In machinery, however, have by no means been the inventions... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his playfellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour. All the improvements in machinery, however, have by no means been the inventions of those who had occasion... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1880 - 486 pages
...leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows. One of the greatest improvements that has been made upon this machine, since it was first invented,...the discovery of a boy who wanted to save his own labour.1 All the improvements in machinery, however, have by no means been the inventions of those... | |
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... companions, observed that, by tying a string from the handle of the valve which opened this communication to another part of the machine, the valve would open and shut without his assistance, and leave him at liberty to divert himself with his play-fellows.... 
