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" And all philosophical Experiments that let Light into the Nature of Things, tend to increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniences or Pleasure of Life. "
Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York - Page 90
by Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1904 - 496 pages
...introducing other sorts from foreign countries ; new improvements in planting, gardening, and clearing land; and all philosophical experiments that let light into...matter and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of hie. That a correspondence already begun by some intended members shall be kept up by this Society...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 45, 1906)

500 pages
...atmosphere except by implication in the last paragraph, which reads thus : " and all phylosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things,...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." (Smyth, vol. 2, p. 230.) As we delve into the great store of manuscripts relating to his life that...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 137, No. 4, 1993)

294 pages
...close touch with its counterpart in America. The subjects of such correspondence were to be ". . . all philosophical Experiments that let Light into...Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniences or Pleasure of Life," according to Benjamin Franklin's 1743 "Proposal." Benjamin Franklin was elected...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 87, 1944)

512 pages
...mineralogy, mathematics, chemistry, mechanics, geography, agriculture, stock-breeding, horticulture; "And all philosophical Experiments that let Light...increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniencies or Pleasures of Life." In proposing that "by Permission of the Postmaster-General, such...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 104, no. 4, 1960)

78 pages
...salutes you in your effort to advance man's knowledge, and to promote, in Benjamin Franklin's words, "all philosophical Experiments that let Light into...increase the Power of Man over Matter, and multiply the Conveniencies or Pleasures of Life." a DR. MOE : Mr. Rogers, your contribution to our history is appreciated...
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A Cyclopedia of Education, Volume 1

Paul Monroe - Education - 1911 - 736 pages
...countries; new improvements in planting, gardening, and clearing land, and all philosophical (scientific) experiments that let light into the nature of things,...of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences and the pleasures of life." It was the parent of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
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Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 3, 1843-1846)

224 pages
..."all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, tend to increase the pdwer of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." The circular proposes that " a correspondence be kept up with the Royal Society of London, and the...
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