The Conquest of NatureGoodhue Company, 1912 - 325 páginas |
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... important , perhaps , of the new things which he was taught by the seemingly adverse condi- tions of an inhospitable climate , was to provide for the needs of a wandering life and of varying seasons by domesticating animals that could ...
... important , perhaps , of the new things which he was taught by the seemingly adverse condi- tions of an inhospitable climate , was to provide for the needs of a wandering life and of varying seasons by domesticating animals that could ...
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... important of industries . It is little wonder that in this short time the world has not solved to the satisfaction of the economists all the new problems thus so suddenly developed . Turn now to the manufacturing world . In the days of ...
... important of industries . It is little wonder that in this short time the world has not solved to the satisfaction of the economists all the new problems thus so suddenly developed . Turn now to the manufacturing world . In the days of ...
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... importance of our subject . It is that in considering the output of the worker we have constantly to do with one ... importance of our subject ; we shall realize , somewhat beyond the bounds of its more tangible and sordid relations ...
... importance of our subject . It is that in considering the output of the worker we have constantly to do with one ... importance of our subject ; we shall realize , somewhat beyond the bounds of its more tangible and sordid relations ...
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... important of all machines . In the United States alone there are some twenty million horses doing work for man ; and ... importance of this muscular machine which is at once the oldest and the most lasting of all systems of utilizing ...
... important of all machines . In the United States alone there are some twenty million horses doing work for man ; and ... importance of this muscular machine which is at once the oldest and the most lasting of all systems of utilizing ...
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... important organs could not advantageously be left to the direction of the will ; and so , in the long course of evolution they have learned , as it were , to take care of themselves , and in so doing to take care of the organism , to ...
... important organs could not advantageously be left to the direction of the will ; and so , in the long course of evolution they have learned , as it were , to take care of themselves , and in so doing to take care of the organism , to ...
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Página 85 - One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the selfsame person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Página 85 - ... so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant stream, forty feet high : one vessel of water rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water...
Página 84 - I have taken a piece of whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three-quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the broken end, as also the touch-hole; and making a constant fire under it, within twenty-four hours it burst and made a great crack...
Página 111 - There was nothing of effort, indeed, or impatience, any more than of pride or levity, in his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met with in any other person. He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade, and pretensions ; and indeed never failed to put all such impostures out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment.
Página 108 - ... jocularity, which gave infinite zest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic. There was a little air of affected testiness, and a tone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to...
Página 84 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Página 220 - When pieces of charcoal about an inch long and onesixth of an inch in diameter, were brought near each other (within the thirtieth or fortieth part of an inch) a bright spark was produced, and more than half the volume of the charcoal became ignited to whiteness, and by withdrawing the points from each other a constant discharge took place through the heated air, in a space equal at least to four inches, producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form in the middle.
Página 99 - Whatever air or other elastic vapour is not condensed by the cold of the condenser, and may impede the working of the engine, is to be drawn out of the steamvessels or condensers by means of pumps, wrought by the engines themselves, or otherwise.
Página 98 - ... it in a case of wood, or any other materials that transmit heat slowly; secondly, by surrounding it with steam or other heated bodies; and...
Página 111 - ... out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment. In his temper and dispositions he was not only kind and affectionate, but generous, and considerate of the feelings of all around him, and gave the most liberal assistance and encouragement to all young persons who shewed any indications of talent, or applied to him for patronage or advice.