The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Том 2Nattali and Bond, 1860 |
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... Invention of the Power Loom.-Dr. Cartwright . - W . Ed- wards . - R . Walker CHAPTER XVI . Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers - Lithgow ; Walking Stewart ; Athenian Stuart ; Niebuhr ; Ledyard ; Bel- zoni . Conclusion 345 367 PORTRAITS ...
... Invention of the Power Loom.-Dr. Cartwright . - W . Ed- wards . - R . Walker CHAPTER XVI . Pursuit of Knowledge by Travellers - Lithgow ; Walking Stewart ; Athenian Stuart ; Niebuhr ; Ledyard ; Bel- zoni . Conclusion 345 367 PORTRAITS ...
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... editions , even after the invention of printing , and continued , indeed , to be generally used by astrono- ners till the commencement of the sixteenth century . 22 CHAPTER II . Peter the Great , ( Czar ALPHONSO X. 21.
... editions , even after the invention of printing , and continued , indeed , to be generally used by astrono- ners till the commencement of the sixteenth century . 22 CHAPTER II . Peter the Great , ( Czar ALPHONSO X. 21.
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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 since ...
... 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 since ...
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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 abridgment of calculation in almost every department in which figures are em ...
... 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 abridgment of calculation in almost every department in which figures are em ...
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... invention . It has been thought , too , of so little practical utility as , in all likelihood , never to have been actually em- ployed for the purposes of calculation . * A little tract , however , it may be remarked , appeared at ...
... invention . It has been thought , too , of so little practical utility as , in all likelihood , never to have been actually em- ployed for the purposes of calculation . * A little tract , however , it may be remarked , appeared at ...
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