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... Institution . " As , however , " The Memoirs " were found to have a considerable sale , independent of the Engraving , it has been found necessary to produce a second edition . All the lives have been care- fully revised , and ...
... Institution . " As , however , " The Memoirs " were found to have a considerable sale , independent of the Engraving , it has been found necessary to produce a second edition . All the lives have been care- fully revised , and ...
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... institution he continued to be engaged more or less until the year 1827. He was also connected with the Royal Institution of Great Britain , and was concerned in some of the most exact experiments of the day , together with Davy ...
... institution he continued to be engaged more or less until the year 1827. He was also connected with the Royal Institution of Great Britain , and was concerned in some of the most exact experiments of the day , together with Davy ...
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... institution of his new office , Bentham was author- ized by the Lords of the Admiralty , early in 1795 , to build seven experimental vessels ; into these he introduced many improvements , amongst which may be mentioned diagonal braces ...
... institution of his new office , Bentham was author- ized by the Lords of the Admiralty , early in 1795 , to build seven experimental vessels ; into these he introduced many improvements , amongst which may be mentioned diagonal braces ...
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... Institution of Civil Engineers , which he joined in the year 1823. — Annual Report of the Institution of Civil Engineers . December 17 , 1850. — Beamish's Life of Brunel . London , 1862 . EDMUND CARTWRIGHT , D.D. , F.R.S. , & c . Born ...
... Institution of Civil Engineers , which he joined in the year 1823. — Annual Report of the Institution of Civil Engineers . December 17 , 1850. — Beamish's Life of Brunel . London , 1862 . EDMUND CARTWRIGHT , D.D. , F.R.S. , & c . Born ...
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... institution , which that able but eccentric man had just then established at Clifton , for the purpose of trying the effects of gases upon various diseases . This event took place in 1798 , Mr. Borlace readily giving up Davy's indenture ...
... institution , which that able but eccentric man had just then established at Clifton , for the purpose of trying the effects of gases upon various diseases . This event took place in 1798 , Mr. Borlace readily giving up Davy's indenture ...
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Page 139 - Watt, who directing the force of an original genius early exercised in philosophic research to the improvement of the steam-engine, enlarged the resources of his country, increased the power of man, and rose to an eminent place among the most illustrious followers of science, and the real benefactors of the world.
Page 70 - Having never seen the disease but in its casual way before, that is when communicated from the cow to the hand of the milker, I was astonished at the close resemblance of the pustules, in some of their stages, to the variolous pustules.
Page 69 - ... so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new residence, and be thus compelled to abandon its young one; for old cuckoos take their final leave of this country the first week in July.