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... lines 93–104 ) - The footnotes accompanying these lines describe cotton pro- duction in considerable detail . Darwin provides his readers with a vivid picture of the mechanical operations identified with the Industrial Revolution ...
... lines 93–104 ) - The footnotes accompanying these lines describe cotton pro- duction in considerable detail . Darwin provides his readers with a vivid picture of the mechanical operations identified with the Industrial Revolution ...
Page 175
... lines 269-72 ) Here it is ' the Press ' that ' labours ' ( my emphasis ) . Darwin had used a similar construction in The Loves of the Plants when , in reference to cotton processing , he wrote of ' the labouring wheel ' ( Canto II , line ...
... lines 269-72 ) Here it is ' the Press ' that ' labours ' ( my emphasis ) . Darwin had used a similar construction in The Loves of the Plants when , in reference to cotton processing , he wrote of ' the labouring wheel ' ( Canto II , line ...
Page 178
... lines , the watery mass Mines the firm rock , or loads the deep morass . ( The Economy of Vegetation , Canto III , lines 349-52 ) It is important to note that it was not Brindley who ' Mines the firm rock , or loads the deep morass ...
... lines , the watery mass Mines the firm rock , or loads the deep morass . ( The Economy of Vegetation , Canto III , lines 349-52 ) It is important to note that it was not Brindley who ' Mines the firm rock , or loads the deep morass ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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