The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Том 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - 320 страници |
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... branches of knowl- edge , as ought to be in the possession of every intelligent family . It is intended to embrace in it only works of per- manent utility , and such as will present the subjects of which they treat in the most authentic ...
... branches of knowl- edge , as ought to be in the possession of every intelligent family . It is intended to embrace in it only works of per- manent utility , and such as will present the subjects of which they treat in the most authentic ...
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... branches of manufactures , where skill is so con- stantly in demand , and economy in operation is so indis- pensable , and competition is universal , there is now a per- petual tasking of the wit of man to invent some cheaper ...
... branches of manufactures , where skill is so con- stantly in demand , and economy in operation is so indis- pensable , and competition is universal , there is now a per- petual tasking of the wit of man to invent some cheaper ...
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... branch of an art to another ; and his ability to command a higher price for his services . His capacity , too , for adopting improvements , and keeping pace with the genius of the age , will , ( as has been already hinted ) be thus ...
... branch of an art to another ; and his ability to command a higher price for his services . His capacity , too , for adopting improvements , and keeping pace with the genius of the age , will , ( as has been already hinted ) be thus ...
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... branch of physical science , it is far more strikingly true in respect to mechanics . The struggle here in respect to priority of inventions , is often so very close , that a single day some- times decides the controversy . It is from ...
... branch of physical science , it is far more strikingly true in respect to mechanics . The struggle here in respect to priority of inventions , is often so very close , that a single day some- times decides the controversy . It is from ...
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... branches of this science lies the true sublime of human acquisition . If any attain- ment deserve that epithet , it is the knowledge , which , from the mensuration of the minutest dust of the balance , proceeds on the rising scale of ...
... branches of this science lies the true sublime of human acquisition . If any attain- ment deserve that epithet , it is the knowledge , which , from the mensuration of the minutest dust of the balance , proceeds on the rising scale of ...
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Страница 231 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Страница 9 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Страница 22 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Страница 231 - ... placed so many valves without design ; and no design seemed more probable, than that since the blood could not well, because of the interposing valves, be sent by the veins to the limbs, it should be sent through the arteries and return through the veins, whose valves did not oppose its course that way.
Страница 304 - Led by this indication he tries the effect of iodine on that complaint, and the result establishes the extraordinary fact that this singular substance, taken as. a medicine, acts with the utmost promptitude and energy on goitre, dissipating the largest and most inveterate in a short time, and acting (of course, like all medicines, even ihe most approved, with occasional failures,) as a specific, or natural antagonist, against that odious deformity.
Страница 139 - ... about it. If you see another instrument or animal, in some respects like, but differing in other particulars, you find it pleasing to compare them together, and to note in what they agree, and in what they differ. Now, all this kind of gratification is of a pure and disinterested nature, and has no reference to any of the common purposes of life ; yet it is a pleasure — an enjoyment. You are nothing the richer for it ; you do not gratify your palate, or any other bodily appetite ; and...
Страница 51 - Hercules, and to which human ingenuity is capable of fitting a thousand times as many hands as belonged to Briareus. Steam is found in triumphant operation on the seas ; and under the influence of its strong propulsion, the gallant ship, " Against the wind, against the tide, Still steadies, with an upright keel.
Страница 11 - I elevated myself upon a platform, and addressed the assembly. I stated that I knew not what was the matter; but, if they would be quiet and indulge me for a half-hour, I would either go on or abandon the voyage for that time.
Страница 319 - ... why should we despair that the reason which has enabled us to subdue all nature to our purposes, should (if permitted and assisted by the providence of God) achieve a far more difficult conquest ; and ultimately find some means of enabling the collective wisdom of mankind to bear down those obstacles which individual short-sightedness, selfishness, and passion, oppose to all improvements, and by which the highest hopes are continually blighted, and the fairest prospects marred.
Страница 139 - ... enjoyment. You are nothing the richer for it; you do not gratify your palate or any other bodily appetite; and yet it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same.