 The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief among those who live only to better the life of their fellow-men by subduing the forces of Nature to their use. Looking back along the line of England's scientific worthies, there are few who have...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 491by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1899 - 336 pages
...only quote the public tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883 :— " The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show to long a list... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1884 - 572 pages
...conclude by quoting the closing lines of an article which appeared in the "Times " of November 21, 1883, "On the Life and Work of Sir William Siemens." They...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1884 - 572 pages
...conclude by quoting the closing lines of an article which appeared in the "Times" of November 21, 1883, "On the Life and Work of Sir William Siemens." They...live only to better the life of their fellow-men by subdning the forces of nature to their use. Looking back along the line of England's scientific worthies,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1884 - 662 pages
...in the Times of November 21 concludes with the following words, in which we fully sympathise : — "Those who knew him may mourn the kindly heart, the...subduing the forces of nature to their use. Looking back'along the line of England's scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better... | |
 | 1899 - 440 pages
...only quote the public tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883 :— " The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
 | Iron and Steel Institute - 1902 - 558 pages
...therefore, only quote the public tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883: 'The nation at large has lost a faithful servant,...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record' will show so long a... | |
 | Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen - 1914 - 472 pages
...quote the public 1877-79. tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883 : " The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
 | Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen - 1914 - 468 pages
...quote the public 1877-79. tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883 : " The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1884 - 1196 pages
...Times of November 21 concludes with the following words, in which we fully sympathise : — "Those wli3 knew him may mourn the kindly heart, the generous...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this her adopted son, few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
 | 1899 - 586 pages
...only quote the public tribute to his memory which was offered at the time of his death in 1883 : " The nation at large has lost a faithful servant, chief...scientific worthies, there are few who have served the people better than this, her adopted son — few, if any, whose life's record will show so long a list... | |
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