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Pagina iii
... important in the history of the world . At no former period did science contribute so much to the uses of life and the wants of society . And in doing this it has only been fulfilling that mission which Bacon , the great father of ...
... important in the history of the world . At no former period did science contribute so much to the uses of life and the wants of society . And in doing this it has only been fulfilling that mission which Bacon , the great father of ...
Pagina vii
... important change can be successfully accomplished ; but with the aid of the agri- culturist in preparing the land so as to meet the requirements of steam- machinery , we may reasonably look forward to a new era in the culti- vation of ...
... important change can be successfully accomplished ; but with the aid of the agri- culturist in preparing the land so as to meet the requirements of steam- machinery , we may reasonably look forward to a new era in the culti- vation of ...
Pagina ix
... Importance of Good Machinery . — It is to the exactitude and ac- curacy of our machine - tools that our machinery of the ... important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ...
... Importance of Good Machinery . — It is to the exactitude and ac- curacy of our machine - tools that our machinery of the ... important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ...
Pagina ix
... important change can be successfully accomplished ; but with the aid of the agri- culturist in preparing the land so as to meet the requirements of steam- machinery , we may reasonably look forward to a new era in the culti- vation of ...
... important change can be successfully accomplished ; but with the aid of the agri- culturist in preparing the land so as to meet the requirements of steam- machinery , we may reasonably look forward to a new era in the culti- vation of ...
Pagina ix
... Importance of Good Machinery . — It is to the exactitude and ac- curacy of our machine - tools that our machinery of the ... important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ...
... Importance of Good Machinery . — It is to the exactitude and ac- curacy of our machine - tools that our machinery of the ... important information . It is well known that three con- ditions are essential to success in the construction of ...
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Pagina 390 - CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. A Selection of the choicest productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time. Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. Forming two large imperial octavo volumes of 700 pages each, double-column letter press ; with upwards of three hundred elegant Illustrations.
Pagina ix - I first entered this city, the whole of the machinery was executed by hand. There were neither planing, slotting, nor shaping machines, and, with the exception of very imperfect lathes and a few drills, the preparatory operations of construction were effected entirely by the hands of the workmen.
Pagina 401 - ANALYTICAL CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ; or, the Bible presented under Distinct and Classified Heads or Topics. By JOHN EADIE, DD, LL D., Author of " Biblical Cyclopaedia," " Ecclesiastical Cyclopaedia," " Dictionary of the Bible,
Pagina 387 - Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Pagina 140 - It is also impossible to conceive either the beginning or the continuance of life without a creating and overruling power. The author's object was to lay before the Section an application of these general views to the discovery of probable limits to the periods of time, past and future, during which the sun can bo reckoned on as a source of heat and light.
Pagina ix - THE BOYDEN PREMIUM URIAH A. BOYDEN, ESQ., of Boston, Mass., has deposited with THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE the sum of one thousand dollars, to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine by experiment whether all rays of light,* and other physical rays, are or are not transmitted with the same velocity.
Pagina 399 - GOTTHOLD'S EMBLEMS ; or, Invisible things understood by things that are made. BY CHRISTIAN SCRIVER, Minister of Magdeburg in 1671. Translated from the twenty-eighth German edition, by the Rev. ROBERT MHNZIES.
Pagina 179 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter; the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.
Pagina 397 - Perhaps no work has contributed so much as this to excite a fondness for the study of Natural Philosophy in youthful minds. The familiar comparisons, with which it abounds, awaken interest, and rivet the attention of the pupil.
Pagina 389 - THE LANDING AT CAPE ANNE; or, THE CHARTER OF THE FIRST PERMANENT COLONY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY. Now discovered, and first published from the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, with an inquiry into its authority, and a HISTORY OF THE COLONY, 1624-1628, Roger Conant, Governor. By J. WINGATE THORNTON. 8vo, cloth 2.50. Of " A rare contribution to the early history of New England.