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... succeeded to the business , which he carried on in connection with Mr. Luke Howard , and obtained great reputation as a pharmaceutical chemist . About the year 1804 , Mr. Allen was appointed lecturer on chemistry and experimental philo ...
... succeeded to the business , which he carried on in connection with Mr. Luke Howard , and obtained great reputation as a pharmaceutical chemist . About the year 1804 , Mr. Allen was appointed lecturer on chemistry and experimental philo ...
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... succeeded in the chair of the Royal Society by Dr. Wollaston for the remainder of the year , until the election of Sir Humphry Davy on the anniversary of the Society in November . - Memoir of Sir J. Banks , by Dr. P. M. Roget ...
... succeeded in the chair of the Royal Society by Dr. Wollaston for the remainder of the year , until the election of Sir Humphry Davy on the anniversary of the Society in November . - Memoir of Sir J. Banks , by Dr. P. M. Roget ...
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... succeeded in constructing two violoncellos , which were found to be very tolerable instruments , and also managed to cut a violin out of a single block of wood , by means of tools which were forged for him by a neighbouring smith , whom ...
... succeeded in constructing two violoncellos , which were found to be very tolerable instruments , and also managed to cut a violin out of a single block of wood , by means of tools which were forged for him by a neighbouring smith , whom ...
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... succeeded to the office of Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks , who ( on his death in 1820 ) bequeathed to him for life the use and enjoyment of his library and collections . These were subsequently , with Mr. Brown's consent , and in con ...
... succeeded to the office of Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks , who ( on his death in 1820 ) bequeathed to him for life the use and enjoyment of his library and collections . These were subsequently , with Mr. Brown's consent , and in con ...
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... succeeded in constructing a machine ( for which he took out a patent in 1785 ) , which , although rude and cumbersome in its action , was yet capable of weaving a piece of cloth . Up to this time he had never turned his mind to anything ...
... succeeded in constructing a machine ( for which he took out a patent in 1785 ) , which , although rude and cumbersome in its action , was yet capable of weaving a piece of cloth . Up to this time he had never turned his mind to anything ...
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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.