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... discovery which might give a new turn to the arts and manufactures of our country , the fame and reward he would ob- tain , would more than repay all the trouble and anxiety that attended its progress and completion . Notices of the ...
... discovery which might give a new turn to the arts and manufactures of our country , the fame and reward he would ob- tain , would more than repay all the trouble and anxiety that attended its progress and completion . Notices of the ...
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... discovery , and , con- sequently , unworthy of notice . If the knowledge of the fact be useful to Mechanics , we do not see why it should not only be stated in a scientific journal , but actually put in practice , whether it be new or ...
... discovery , and , con- sequently , unworthy of notice . If the knowledge of the fact be useful to Mechanics , we do not see why it should not only be stated in a scientific journal , but actually put in practice , whether it be new or ...
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... discovery , gentle- men , a discovery ; I have changed an orange into a turnip , by the simple power of friction . " This assertion produced such a universal fit of laughter , that the Professor was more astonished than ever , and he ...
... discovery , gentle- men , a discovery ; I have changed an orange into a turnip , by the simple power of friction . " This assertion produced such a universal fit of laughter , that the Professor was more astonished than ever , and he ...
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... discovery , they may rest assured , that whatever tends to the elucidation of Theory or the simplification of Practice , will find the readiest admission into our columns . ARTS , MANUFACTURES , AND MACHINERY . Under this division ...
... discovery , they may rest assured , that whatever tends to the elucidation of Theory or the simplification of Practice , will find the readiest admission into our columns . ARTS , MANUFACTURES , AND MACHINERY . Under this division ...
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... discovery that may have been made in some different quarter of the globe , a thought , quick as the lightning's flash , may occur to your mind , that may be the germ and the fruitful parent of some noble improvement , or even nobler ...
... discovery that may have been made in some different quarter of the globe , a thought , quick as the lightning's flash , may occur to your mind , that may be the germ and the fruitful parent of some noble improvement , or even nobler ...
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Page 23 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 449 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injured right We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Page 290 - Nicole, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same...
Page 438 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility— for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Page 256 - I found that there were good books in these two sciences in Latin ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned Latin. I understood, also, that there were good books of the same kind in French ; I bought a dictionary, and I learned French. And this, my Lord, is what I have done : it seems to me that we may learn every thing when we know the twentyfour letters of the alphabet.
Page 438 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Page 118 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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Page 33 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss: to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 71 - On the 15th of August, 1643, as I stood at my window, I was surprised with a most wonderful delectable vision. The sea that washes the Sicilian shore swelled up and became, for ten miles in length, like a chain of dark mountains ; while the waters near our Calabrian coast grew quite smooth, and in an instant appeared as one clear polished mirror, reclining against the ridge.