A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for Raising Water, Ancient and Modern: Including the Progressive Development of the Steam Engine |
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... descend to their own level . Theories of governments will not be opposed to nature and carried out in violation of her laws ; but practical science will be the ruling principle ; and practical philosophers will be , as God designed they ...
... descend to their own level . Theories of governments will not be opposed to nature and carried out in violation of her laws ; but practical science will be the ruling principle ; and practical philosophers will be , as God designed they ...
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... descend , as he said , from incorporeal and intellec- tual to sensible things ; and obliging her to make use of matter , which re- quires manual labor , and is the object of servile trades.a To the prevalence of such unphilosophical ...
... descend , as he said , from incorporeal and intellec- tual to sensible things ; and obliging her to make use of matter , which re- quires manual labor , and is the object of servile trades.a To the prevalence of such unphilosophical ...
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... descend into them , is in many cases very expensive ; 4,000 rupees , ( 2,000 dollars , ) are frequently expended on ... descended the last chain , and with the departure of daylight , our tortures commenced , as it was too dark to see ...
... descend into them , is in many cases very expensive ; 4,000 rupees , ( 2,000 dollars , ) are frequently expended on ... descended the last chain , and with the departure of daylight , our tortures commenced , as it was too dark to see ...
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... descended into the third and largest ; it is lined with plaister like the Indian chunan , and hanging terraces run all round it . " Lindsay's Trav . Let . 9 . According to the moral doctrines of the Chinese , " to repair a road , make a ...
... descended into the third and largest ; it is lined with plaister like the Indian chunan , and hanging terraces run all round it . " Lindsay's Trav . Let . 9 . According to the moral doctrines of the Chinese , " to repair a road , make a ...
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... descend to a deep tank . " As it was formerly death to a christian who entered a mosque , we shall add a more recent instance . In 1831 , Mr. St. John disguised himself , like Burckhardt , in the costume of a native , and visited the ...
... descend to a deep tank . " As it was formerly death to a christian who entered a mosque , we shall add a more recent instance . In 1831 , Mr. St. John disguised himself , like Burckhardt , in the costume of a native , and visited the ...
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