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Стр. 31 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, 130 And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Стр. 30 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Стр. 13 - An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
Стр. 6 - The workmen of other countries have " a far superior education to ours, many " of whom have none whatever. Their " productions show clearly that there is " not a machine working a machine, " but that brains sit at the loom, and " intelligence stands at the spinning
Стр. 6 - ... the nations to send up to his imperial capital the choicest products of human industry. The world responded even more grandly than before. The Paris Exposition was divided, like its predecessor, into over ninety departments ; the jurors were appointed, the articles examined, and the verdict reached. Great Britain had excelled her competitors in but ten of all the departments. The announcement of this verdict produced consternation among the representatives of British industry. They met at the...
Стр. 20 - ... and circles, and for working various forms and shapes. In addition to the hand and lathe tools of the usual kinds there are tools of the greatest accuracy, consisting of standard surface-plates, straight-edges, and squares of various sizes, a standard measuring machine, measuring from zero to twelve inches by the ten-thousandth of an inch, a universal grinding machine for producing true cylindrical and conical forms, and a set of Betts's standard gauges.
Стр. 7 - ... the above qualities can be taught at colleges, we understand how it is possible that our engineers should justly take a high rank in the estimation of the world. You will long since have anticipated my conclusion, — that there is no reason for abandoning our system of apprenticeship or pupilage to substitute for -it the foreign plan of large special colleges, even if we could hope to create colleges of equal merit with those formed abroad. But this conclusion...
Стр. 6 - Why this defeat ?" The unexpected news crossed the channel, causing greater alarm than the threatened invasion by Napoleon in 1860. This defeat awakened England to the startling fact that the industrial sceptre was slipping from her hands ; and, as a result, she saw her ships rotting in her harbors and the hammer falling from the hand of her starving workmen.
Стр. 20 - It is supplied with lathes of various kinds, planers, grinding machinery, drilling machines, shaping machines, a universal milling machine fitted for cutting plane, bevel, and spiral gears, spiral cutters, twist drills, with additional tools and attachments for graduating scales and circles, and for working various forms and shapes. In addition to the hand and lathe tools of the usual...
Стр. 29 - ... valuable application of science, and the directly practical bearing of the work which may be done, would in a comparatively short time be productive of richer results than have been attained in constructive science during many previous years. It would do most effectively that work which has hitherto been too much neglected, the application of scientific knowledge to familiar work and to matters of business. It would do much to close up the space which so widely separates the man of business from...