 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 524 pages
...and clearing land; and all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, Jtend to increase the power of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall be kept up by this Society with... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1906 - 470 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... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1906 - 466 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... | |
 | Woodbridge Riley - Philosophy - 1907 - 630 pages
...scheme of organising a learned society whose attention was to be devoted to all philosophic experiences that let light into the nature of things, tend to...matter and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life.4 In this Original Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...country or the welfare of its inhabitants, — roads, the breeding of animals, chemistry, etc., etc., "and all philosophical experiments that let light...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." 179. Plain Truth. It was Franklin's habit in promoting projects first to present and to distribute... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1910 - 216 pages
...mathematics, chemistry, mechanics, arts, trades and manufactures, geography, topography, agriculture, and " all philosophical experiments that let light...of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences and pleasures of life." "Benjamin Franklin, the writer of this proposal, offers himself to serve the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1916 - 696 pages
...chemistry; in mechanics; in arts, trades, and manufactures; in geography and topography; in agriculture; and "all philosophical experiments that let light...of man over matter, and multiply the conveniences yt pleasures of life." The circular proposes that " a correspondence be kept up with the Royal Society... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - Biography & Autobiography - 1917 - 560 pages
...scientific interests of every sort. A correspondence with the Royal Society of London and the Dublin Society and "all philosophical experiments that let light...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life" were among the things held out in the proposal. Colonial America was far more favorable to practical... | |
 | Allen Oscar Hansen - Education - 1926 - 354 pages
...connections with societies of similar character all over the world. To carry forward this communication of "all philosophical experiments that let light into...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life," 1 a 1 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. Ill, p. 9. 1843committee of seven members... | |
 | Allen Oscar Hansen - Education - 1926 - 360 pages
...connections with societies of similar character all over the world. To carry forward this communication of "all philosophical experiments that let light into...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life," 1 a 1 Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. IlI, p. 9. 1843. committee of seven members... | |
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... 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 pleasures of life. 
