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... appointed lecturer on chemistry and experimental philo- sophy at Guy's Hospital , at which 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 ...
... appointed lecturer on chemistry and experimental philo- sophy at Guy's Hospital , at which 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 ...
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... appointed him to the command of a battalion stationed at Critcheff , in White Russia , with the rank of lieutenant - colonel . As the prince's manufactories were in the neighbourhood of Critcheff , Bentham offered to superintend them ...
... appointed him to the command of a battalion stationed at Critcheff , in White Russia , with the rank of lieutenant - colonel . As the prince's manufactories were in the neighbourhood of Critcheff , Bentham offered to superintend them ...
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... appointed to the protection of the eastern frontier of Siberia , his command extending from the northern part of the Ural Mountains to the confines of Russia in the Chinese dominions . After holding this appointment for a couple of ...
... appointed to the protection of the eastern frontier of Siberia , his command extending from the northern part of the Ural Mountains to the confines of Russia in the Chinese dominions . After holding this appointment for a couple of ...
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... Appointed Inspector - General of Naval Works in 1796 , the whole of Sir Samuel's energies were henceforward directed towards the improvement of naval arsenals , and the introduction of his ma- chinery for shaping wood , with steam ...
... Appointed Inspector - General of Naval Works in 1796 , the whole of Sir Samuel's energies were henceforward directed towards the improvement of naval arsenals , and the introduction of his ma- chinery for shaping wood , with steam ...
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... appointed librarian of the Linnean Society , of which he had been elected an associate in 1798. The materials which he had been indefatigable in collecting during this voyage , and the vast store of facts and observations in relation to ...
... appointed librarian of the Linnean Society , of which he had been elected an associate in 1798. The materials which he had been indefatigable in collecting during this voyage , and the vast store of facts and observations in relation to ...
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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.