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... scientific investigation , however , these ignorant and superstitious notions began to give way . The subterranean spirits vanished into air , or rather became metamorphosed into noxious gases . The apparently altogether capricious ...
... scientific investigation , however , these ignorant and superstitious notions began to give way . The subterranean spirits vanished into air , or rather became metamorphosed into noxious gases . The apparently altogether capricious ...
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... scientific attainments . He took delight in solving mathematical and scientific problems , and kept up a correspondence with Hutton , Emerson , and others , on subjects in which they took a common interest . He was a frequent ...
... scientific attainments . He took delight in solving mathematical and scientific problems , and kept up a correspondence with Hutton , Emerson , and others , on subjects in which they took a common interest . He was a frequent ...
Side 156
... scientific gentlemen , and after various tests had been applied to it to prove its security , it was carried by Dr. Clanny into a dangerous mine at the risk of his life ; but the idea was novel , and the lamp being somewhat inconvenient ...
... scientific gentlemen , and after various tests had been applied to it to prove its security , it was carried by Dr. Clanny into a dangerous mine at the risk of his life ; but the idea was novel , and the lamp being somewhat inconvenient ...
Side 158
... scientific men to investigate the causes of these accidents , and find some mode of preventing them . To this end , for many weeks he con- tinued to write notices , respecting the accident , to the Newcastle Courant , and also wrote and ...
... scientific men to investigate the causes of these accidents , and find some mode of preventing them . To this end , for many weeks he con- tinued to write notices , respecting the accident , to the Newcastle Courant , and also wrote and ...
Side 160
... scientific men only that we must look up for assistance in providing a cheap and effectual remedy . " It was deemed advisable to apply to Sir Humphry Davy , the distinguished chemist and philosopher , and Mr. Wilkinson accordingly ...
... scientific men only that we must look up for assistance in providing a cheap and effectual remedy . " It was deemed advisable to apply to Sir Humphry Davy , the distinguished chemist and philosopher , and Mr. Wilkinson accordingly ...
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