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... Lord Sandwich , afterwards first Lord of the Admiralty , who as it happened had the same taste , and to the friendship of whom he was in after life indebted for essential aid in the furtherance of his numerous projects for the ...
... Lord Sandwich , afterwards first Lord of the Admiralty , who as it happened had the same taste , and to the friendship of whom he was in after life indebted for essential aid in the furtherance of his numerous projects for the ...
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... Lord Keppel's fleet , and on this occasion he suggested sundry improvements in the apparatus of a ship , which were executed in Portsmouth Dockyard . In consequence of the abilities manifested by Bentham , many advantageous appointments ...
... Lord Keppel's fleet , and on this occasion he suggested sundry improvements in the apparatus of a ship , which were executed in Portsmouth Dockyard . In consequence of the abilities manifested by Bentham , many advantageous appointments ...
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... Lord Melville ) , who stated in the House of Commons that it opened a new era in the manufacturing prosperity of the country . But the circumstance which completely changed Bentham's future destiny , was the frequent visits of Earl ...
... Lord Melville ) , who stated in the House of Commons that it opened a new era in the manufacturing prosperity of the country . But the circumstance which completely changed Bentham's future destiny , was the frequent visits of Earl ...
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... Lord Melville , applied for some compensation for loss of office , * Mr . Samuel Bentham had amongst his other contrivances for shaping wood , described one in his patent of 1793 , for shaping the shells of blocks , but with a singular ...
... Lord Melville , applied for some compensation for loss of office , * Mr . Samuel Bentham had amongst his other contrivances for shaping wood , described one in his patent of 1793 , for shaping the shells of blocks , but with a singular ...
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... Lord Melville said , " There Sir Samuel stands upon a rock , ” it proved a slippery one ; for under the pretext that it would be necessary to apply to parliament for so large a sum as a year's savings effected by the introduction of the ...
... Lord Melville said , " There Sir Samuel stands upon a rock , ” it proved a slippery one ; for under the pretext that it would be necessary to apply to parliament for so large a sum as a year's savings effected by the introduction of the ...
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afterwards apparatus appointed astronomical became Bentham Born Boulton Boulton and Watt Bramah bridge Brunel canal Cavendish Charlotte Dundas chemical chemistry Civil Engineers commenced considerable construction continued contrivances Crompton Dalton Davy death died discovery distinguished Dollond early Edinburgh elected Ellesmere Canal eminent employed Encyclopædia Britannica engaged England engraving erected established experiments father feet Francis Baily Gilbert Glasgow heat Henry Henry Maudslay Herschel honour Huddart improvements Institution instruments invention inventor iron James Watt Jenner Jessop John John Rennie knowledge labour lectures living London Lord machine machinery manufacture Maskelyne mathematical Maudslay mechanical memoir ments nature navigation numerous 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 studies succeeded Symington Telford Tennant Thomas Young tion took Transactions Trevithick various Watt Watt's William Wollaston Young
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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.