The American Library of Useful Knowledge, 1. köideStimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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... applied to the improvement of the arts , might be selected from the work - shops and common trades of life . But in most of these instances it will be found , that the discovery was not the mere result of accident , but arose from the ...
... applied to the improvement of the arts , might be selected from the work - shops and common trades of life . But in most of these instances it will be found , that the discovery was not the mere result of accident , but arose from the ...
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... applying the varieties of force and motion , thus derived from natural agencies , to the arts of life . This is the object of mechanical philosophy . None can doubt , certainly , the high importance of this sort of knowledge , or fail ...
... applying the varieties of force and motion , thus derived from natural agencies , to the arts of life . This is the object of mechanical philosophy . None can doubt , certainly , the high importance of this sort of knowledge , or fail ...
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... applying the results of his reasoning power to his own purposes . Without this particular formation he would not be man , with whatever sagacity he had been endowed . No bounteous grant of intellect , were it the pleasure of heaven to ...
... applying the results of his reasoning power to his own purposes . Without this particular formation he would not be man , with whatever sagacity he had been endowed . No bounteous grant of intellect , were it the pleasure of heaven to ...
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... applying science to the arts , at a time when there is much of science to be applied . Phi- losophy and the Mathematics have attained to high degrees , and still stretch their wings , like the Eagle . 40 THE AMERICAN LIBRARY OF USEFUL ...
... applying science to the arts , at a time when there is much of science to be applied . Phi- losophy and the Mathematics have attained to high degrees , and still stretch their wings , like the Eagle . 40 THE AMERICAN LIBRARY OF USEFUL ...
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... applied itself to the condition of things in this country , after the revolutionary war , and it is still operating in full force . The next great spring to our industry was felt in the navigating interest . This languished greatly ...
... applied itself to the condition of things in this country , after the revolutionary war , and it is still operating in full force . The next great spring to our industry was felt in the navigating interest . This languished greatly ...
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