The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties, Volume 2Harper, 1859 - Self-culture |
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... : -The Cotton Manufacture , 265 CHAPTER XIV . Invention of the Power - Loom : -Dr . Cartwright . William Edwards , -Notice of Bridges ; Walker , Robert 282 • CHAPTER XV . Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers : -Lithgow 4 CONTENTS .
... : -The Cotton Manufacture , 265 CHAPTER XIV . Invention of the Power - Loom : -Dr . Cartwright . William Edwards , -Notice of Bridges ; Walker , Robert 282 • CHAPTER XV . Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers : -Lithgow 4 CONTENTS .
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... invention of the safety - lamp . If we desire to immortalize ourselves , let us then attempt to confer some benefit on our fellow - men . AM . ED . ] CHAPTER III . Advantages of Wealth in the Pursuit of Knowledge : - Napier ...
... invention of the safety - lamp . If we desire to immortalize ourselves , let us then attempt to confer some benefit on our fellow - men . AM . ED . ] CHAPTER III . Advantages of Wealth in the Pursuit of Knowledge : - Napier ...
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... invention , facilitating the calculations of trigonometry . These logarithms differed , also , from those that are now in use , in consequence of Napier having chosen , origin- ally , a different geometrical series from that which has ...
... invention , facilitating the calculations of trigonometry . These logarithms differed , also , from those that are now in use , in consequence of Napier having chosen , origin- ally , a different geometrical series from that which has ...
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... invention , itself , its usefulness and value have grown with the progress of science ; and , in addition to serving still as the grand instrument for the abridgement of calculation in almost every department in which figures are ...
... invention , itself , its usefulness and value have grown with the progress of science ; and , in addition to serving still as the grand instrument for the abridgement of calculation in almost every department in which figures are ...
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... invention . It has been thought , too , of so little practical utility , as , in all likelihood , never to have been actually employed for the purposes of calculation . A little tract , however , it may be remarked , appeared at London ...
... invention . It has been thought , too , of so little practical utility , as , in all likelihood , never to have been actually employed for the purposes of calculation . A little tract , however , it may be remarked , appeared at London ...
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