Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8: An AppendixE. & F.N. Spon, 1864 - 160 pages |
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... nature at man's request . Thought has subdued the wild impulses of fire , and heat is made the willing power to propel our trains of carriages with a bird - like speed , and to urge in proud independence of winds or tides — our noble ...
... nature at man's request . Thought has subdued the wild impulses of fire , and heat is made the willing power to propel our trains of carriages with a bird - like speed , and to urge in proud independence of winds or tides — our noble ...
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... Nature . Beyond this , they instruct us that men , who fulfil the commands of the Creator and employ their minds , in unwearying efforts to subdue the Earth , are rarely unrewarded . They aid in the march of civilization , and they ...
... Nature . Beyond this , they instruct us that men , who fulfil the commands of the Creator and employ their minds , in unwearying efforts to subdue the Earth , are rarely unrewarded . They aid in the march of civilization , and they ...
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... nature : in 1810 he wrote his first astro- nomical paper on the celebrated Solar Eclipse , said to have been predicted by Thales , published in the ' Philosophical Transactions for 1811 , and in 1813 published a work entitled ' An ...
... nature : in 1810 he wrote his first astro- nomical paper on the celebrated Solar Eclipse , said to have been predicted by Thales , published in the ' Philosophical Transactions for 1811 , and in 1813 published a work entitled ' An ...
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... nature of a sewing machine . Shortly after this he patented his famous block - machinery , which he submitted for the inspection of the Admiralty in 1801 . Earl St. Vincent was at that time at the head of the Admiralty , and after many ...
... nature of a sewing machine . Shortly after this he patented his famous block - machinery , which he submitted for the inspection of the Admiralty in 1801 . Earl St. Vincent was at that time at the head of the Admiralty , and after many ...
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... nature of water , and the composition of nitric acid . To solve the impor- tant problems , whether the atmosphere is constant in its composi- tion , and if so , what is its composition ? Cavendish experimented in 1781 for some sixty ...
... nature of water , and the composition of nitric acid . To solve the impor- tant problems , whether the atmosphere is constant in its composi- tion , and if so , what is its composition ? Cavendish experimented in 1781 for some sixty ...
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Admiralty afterwards apparatus appointed astronomer became Bentham Boulton Boulton and Watt Bramah bridge Brunel canal Cartwright Cavendish Cavendish Experiment Chapman chemical chemistry chiefly Civil Engineers commenced considerable construction continued contrivances Crompton Dalton Davies Giddy Davy death died discovery Dollond early Edinburgh elected eminent Encyclopædia Encyclopædia Britannica engaged England erected established experiments father Francis Baily Frodsham Gilbert Glasgow Hatchett Henry Henry Maudslay Herschel honour Huddart important improvements Institution instruments invention inventor iron James Watt Jenner Jessop John John Dalton John Dollond knowledge labour lectures living London Lord machine machinery manufacture mathematics Maudslay mechanical memoir ments nature navigation numerous observations obtained occupied original paper patent period Peter Dollond Philosophical plates Playfair practical published Rennie residence Royal Society Samuel Samuel Bentham Samuel Crompton scientific Sir Joseph Banks Soho steam steam-engine succeeded Symington Telford tion took Transactions Trevithick various Watt William Wollaston yarn Young
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Page 141 - Who directing the Force of an Original Genius Early exercised in Philosophic Research To the Improvement of The...
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.
Page 70 - During that time, a young countrywoman having come to seek advice, the subject of small-pox was mentioned in her presence ; she immediately observed, " I cannot take that, for I have had the cow-pox.
Page 30 - ... hands or exchange greetings. A sense of isolation from his brethren, made him shrink from their society and avoid their presence, but he did so as one conscious of an infirmity, not boasting of an excellence. He was like a deaf mute sitting apart from a circle, whose looks and gestures show that they are uttering and listening to music and eloquence, in producing or welcoming which he can be no sharer.
Page 95 - ... most eloquent expounder of that great and magnificent system of knowledge which has been gradually evolved by the successive labours of so many gifted individuals. He possessed, indeed, in the highest degree, all the characteristics both of a fine and powerful understanding, at once penetrating and vigilant, but more distinguished, perhaps, for the caution and vin.