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... enables him uner- ringly to erect his house in the true perpendicular , he per- ceives , with pleasure , a new application of it . When he is further told , that there is a constantly increasing rapidity in every descending body by the ...
... enables him uner- ringly to erect his house in the true perpendicular , he per- ceives , with pleasure , a new application of it . When he is further told , that there is a constantly increasing rapidity in every descending body by the ...
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... , that these very laws are made continually subser- vient to the use of man ; that by the knowledge of them he is enabled to create power , and perfect mechanical operations ; that he can make the winds and the STORY'S DISCOURSE . 23.
... , that these very laws are made continually subser- vient to the use of man ; that by the knowledge of them he is enabled to create power , and perfect mechanical operations ; that he can make the winds and the STORY'S DISCOURSE . 23.
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... enabled us , as it were , to stereotype , and multiply , to an almost incalculable ex- tent , the most beautiful specimens of the art , and cheapen them , so to bring them within the reach of the most mod- erate fortunes . Many other ...
... enabled us , as it were , to stereotype , and multiply , to an almost incalculable ex- tent , the most beautiful specimens of the art , and cheapen them , so to bring them within the reach of the most mod- erate fortunes . Many other ...
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... enables him to exercise dominion over the powers of nature , and to subdue them to himself . is But it is true , also , that his own animal organization gives him superiority , and is among the most wonderful of the works of God on ...
... enables him to exercise dominion over the powers of nature , and to subdue them to himself . is But it is true , also , that his own animal organization gives him superiority , and is among the most wonderful of the works of God on ...
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... less than its own to other bodies , or by enabling it to overcome a power of greater intensity or force than its own . And it is usually said that every machine , however apparently complex , is capable of being WEBSTER'S LECTURE . 43.
... less than its own to other bodies , or by enabling it to overcome a power of greater intensity or force than its own . And it is usually said that every machine , however apparently complex , is capable of being WEBSTER'S LECTURE . 43.
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