The Annual Biography and Obituary, 14. kötetLongman., 1830 |
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32. oldal
... experimental appointment to Sierra Leone , just then decided on at the suggestion of General Turner , then Governor of the Colony . The lamented death of that zealous officer , however , deprived him of the gratifica- tion of seeing his ...
... experimental appointment to Sierra Leone , just then decided on at the suggestion of General Turner , then Governor of the Colony . The lamented death of that zealous officer , however , deprived him of the gratifica- tion of seeing his ...
43. oldal
... experiment performed by him at Penzance was for the purpose of investigating the nature of the air contained in the bladders of sea - weed . His instru . ments , however , were of the rudest description , manufactured by himself out of ...
... experiment performed by him at Penzance was for the purpose of investigating the nature of the air contained in the bladders of sea - weed . His instru . ments , however , were of the rudest description , manufactured by himself out of ...
51. oldal
... experiments , performed with the utmost address , and explained in language at once the most intelligible and the most eloquent . He brought down Science from those heights which were before accessible only to a few , and placed it ...
... experiments , performed with the utmost address , and explained in language at once the most intelligible and the most eloquent . He brought down Science from those heights which were before accessible only to a few , and placed it ...
46. oldal
... experiments ; in the con- ception of which , as he himself candidly'informs us , he was greatly aided by the conversation and advice of his friend Dr. Beddoes . He was also occasionally assisted by Mr. W. Clay- field , a gentleman ...
... experiments ; in the con- ception of which , as he himself candidly'informs us , he was greatly aided by the conversation and advice of his friend Dr. Beddoes . He was also occasionally assisted by Mr. W. Clay- field , a gentleman ...
47. oldal
... experiments to which we have alluded , favour- ably as they were received , would probably have shared the fate of many other discoveries , whose practical applications were not obvious ; but before the impression produced on the ...
... experiments to which we have alluded , favour- ably as they were received , would probably have shared the fate of many other discoveries , whose practical applications were not obvious ; but before the impression produced on the ...
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