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... known chemical investigations , which established the proportion of Carbon in Car- bonic Acid , and proved the identity of the diamond with charcoal these discoveries are recorded in the ' Philosophical Transactions ' of the Royal ...
... known chemical investigations , which established the proportion of Carbon in Car- bonic Acid , and proved the identity of the diamond with charcoal these discoveries are recorded in the ' Philosophical Transactions ' of the Royal ...
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... known as Baily's Beads , ' are among the most interesting and classical of his writings . In January , 1823 , the Royal Astronomical Society was founded , chiefly through the suggestions of Francis Baily and Dr. Pearson , and for the ...
... known as Baily's Beads , ' are among the most interesting and classical of his writings . In January , 1823 , the Royal Astronomical Society was founded , chiefly through the suggestions of Francis Baily and Dr. Pearson , and for the ...
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... known . He it was who may truly be said to have planted and founded the colony of Botany Bay . He was the real founder of the African Association , and by his scientific exertions the productions of other climates were diffused over ...
... known . He it was who may truly be said to have planted and founded the colony of Botany Bay . He was the real founder of the African Association , and by his scientific exertions the productions of other climates were diffused over ...
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... known fire - engine . In 1797 he took out a patent for the beer - machine , now in such general use in public houses , and in the description of this he includes a mode of con- verting every cask in a cellar into a force pump , so as to ...
... known fire - engine . In 1797 he took out a patent for the beer - machine , now in such general use in public houses , and in the description of this he includes a mode of con- verting every cask in a cellar into a force pump , so as to ...
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... Cartwright , the well - known English Reformer of the reign of George III . , to whose memory a bronze statue is erected in Burton Crescent , London In process of time he became distinguished for his literary 24 CARTWRIGHT .
... Cartwright , the well - known English Reformer of the reign of George III . , to whose memory a bronze statue is erected in Burton Crescent , London In process of time he became distinguished for his literary 24 CARTWRIGHT .
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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.