The Quarterly Review, 120. köideJohn Murray, 1866 |
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Page 64
... gather together the store of facts which the men of practice have in the course of ages accumu- lated , reduce them to a science , and expound the principles on which that science is founded . This Dr. Percy has which 64 Iron and Steel .
... gather together the store of facts which the men of practice have in the course of ages accumu- lated , reduce them to a science , and expound the principles on which that science is founded . This Dr. Percy has which 64 Iron and Steel .
Page 65
... fact upon fact , analysis upon analysis , illustration upon illustration . Conscientious and laborious inquiry into facts is the great characteristic of the work . In the Preface he says , ' Though educated for the profes- sion of ...
... fact upon fact , analysis upon analysis , illustration upon illustration . Conscientious and laborious inquiry into facts is the great characteristic of the work . In the Preface he says , ' Though educated for the profes- sion of ...
Page 66
but to him has been a pleasure - in collecting the great store of facts contained in these volumes , the results of so much reading , inquiry , observation , and experiment , -facts which , however dry and unattractive they may seem ...
but to him has been a pleasure - in collecting the great store of facts contained in these volumes , the results of so much reading , inquiry , observation , and experiment , -facts which , however dry and unattractive they may seem ...
Page 76
... fact of iron having been applied to common hammer - heads , for which bronze might have proved a tolerably good substitute , indicates that iron was certainly as cheap , if not cheaper , in those days than bronze ; and the correctness ...
... fact of iron having been applied to common hammer - heads , for which bronze might have proved a tolerably good substitute , indicates that iron was certainly as cheap , if not cheaper , in those days than bronze ; and the correctness ...
Page 83
... facts , although we may reasonably expect that hereafter something like a solution of them Tuay be arrived at . " ' The invention and general adoption of the hot - blast - im- proved by the water - twyer of Condie , without which it ...
... facts , although we may reasonably expect that hereafter something like a solution of them Tuay be arrived at . " ' The invention and general adoption of the hot - blast - im- proved by the water - twyer of Condie , without which it ...
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