The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, Volume 5John Murray, 1818 - Science |
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... important inventions , and to have received a considerable increase of facts and observations . Although therefore the march of science has not been rapid , it has been sure , and we have nothing to apprehend from those retrograde ...
... important inventions , and to have received a considerable increase of facts and observations . Although therefore the march of science has not been rapid , it has been sure , and we have nothing to apprehend from those retrograde ...
Page viii
... important features in the volume of the Philo- sophical Transactions for 1817 ; and there are no less than seven valuable communications on these subjects from the pen of Sir Everard Home . Of most of these we have already given ...
... important features in the volume of the Philo- sophical Transactions for 1817 ; and there are no less than seven valuable communications on these subjects from the pen of Sir Everard Home . Of most of these we have already given ...
Page xiii
... important additions to mathe- matical literature during the past year , is a New Explanation of the Theory of Imaginary Quanti- ties , by B. Gompertz , Esq . It is a subject which has always been considered as involved in consi- derable ...
... important additions to mathe- matical literature during the past year , is a New Explanation of the Theory of Imaginary Quanti- ties , by B. Gompertz , Esq . It is a subject which has always been considered as involved in consi- derable ...
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... important branch of British improvement , since they have taken occasional opportunities of introducing accounts of such objects as came to their knowledge , and which seemed most particu- larly deserving of public attention . Among the ...
... important branch of British improvement , since they have taken occasional opportunities of introducing accounts of such objects as came to their knowledge , and which seemed most particu- larly deserving of public attention . Among the ...
Page xv
... important advantages . Mr. Didot has likewise materially improved and simplified the process of producing paper in continuous sheets , or cutting it into any size or form . Among the manufacturing processes , that of weaving has ...
... important advantages . Mr. Didot has likewise materially improved and simplified the process of producing paper in continuous sheets , or cutting it into any size or form . Among the manufacturing processes , that of weaving has ...
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