The Exposition of 1851, Or, Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government, of EnglandJ. Murray, 1851 - Всего страниц: 231 |
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Стр. 8 - Brief and imperfect as the preceding abstract is, we think that it will fully justify the high praise we have bestowed on this work, and induce our readers to sit down to the luxurious repast from which we have risen.
Стр. 265 - The distinctive characteristic of the Analytical Engine, and that which has rendered it possible to endow mechanism with such extensive faculties as bid fair to make this engine the executive right-hand of abstract algebra, is the introduction into it of the principle which Jacquard devised for regulating, by means of punched cards, the most complicated patterns in the fabrication of brocaded stuffs.
Стр. 251 - Induced, by a conviction of the great utility of such engines, to withdraw for some time my attention from a subject on which it has been engaged during several years, and which possesses charms of a higher order, I have now arrived at a point where success is no longer doubtful. It must, however, be attained at a very considerable expense, which would not probably be replaced, by the works it might produce, for a long period of time, and which is an undertaking I should feel unwilling to commence,...
Стр. 265 - We may say most aptly. that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard -loom weaves flowers and leaves.
Стр. 12 - It is to the munificence of these two princes that the Royal Society of London, and the Academy of Sciences at Paris...
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Стр. 289 - Mr. Hallam is, on the whole, far better qualified than any other writer of our time for the office which he has undertaken. He has great industry and great acuteness. His knowledge is extensive, various, and profound. His mind is equally distinguished by the amplitude of its grasp, and by the delicacy of its tact.
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