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Page 7 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope ' springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 114 - There is not the remotest possibility of any success being obtained in any of the arts by a nation which thus delights itself in the defilement and degradation of all the best gifts of its God...
Page 33 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Page 87 - I arn convinced that I express the sentiments of all present when I say that but one feeling pervades us, and that is a sincere desire, without bias or reserve, mutually to assist and inform each other, by an interchange of our varied experiences in the scientific and mechanical details connected with the manufacture and distribution of gas. Firm in this conviction, I am emboldened in my attempt to place before you my views and experiences, although they may possibly prove in some respects comparatively...
Page 358 - (and who are in this Act referred to as " the gas referees "), and in case of a vacancy happening among them by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall appoint a competent and impartial person to fill the vacancy, one at least of the three being always qualified as aforesaid.
Page 358 - ... called the gas referees (and who are in this Act referred to as the gas referees), and in case of a vacancy happening among them by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall appoint a competent and impartial person to fill the vacancy, one at least of the three being always qualified as...
Page 353 - Esq., for the admirable manner in which he had discharged the duties of President.
Page 67 - Daniel, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, the minutes of the last meeting...
Page 359 - A Gas Examiner shall, in the mode so prescribed, test the pressure at which Gas is supplied at such hour, and in such street or...
Page 375 - Examiner may ascertain whether the candles are burning at nearly the normal rate by placing a four-grain weight in the candle-pan when the balance turns, and observing whether the balance turns again after the lapse of one minute. Before each testing the two candles are to be so placed that the plane of the curvature of one wick shall be perpendicular to the plane of the curvature of the other wick...