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M. R. I , A. The object of this memoir is to suggest such improvements in the
construction of ships as will cause them to sail faster , and will counteract their
disposition to make lee - way . The author was first induced to suspect that ships
built in ...
M. R. I , A. The object of this memoir is to suggest such improvements in the
construction of ships as will cause them to sail faster , and will counteract their
disposition to make lee - way . The author was first induced to suspect that ships
built in ...
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Red , blue , and yellow , are the three primitive colours ; no more are wanted ;
judgment to compound , contrast , and harmonize , will enlarge the scale ; and
combinations ad infinitum will be produced by true science , whose object has
been ...
Red , blue , and yellow , are the three primitive colours ; no more are wanted ;
judgment to compound , contrast , and harmonize , will enlarge the scale ; and
combinations ad infinitum will be produced by true science , whose object has
been ...
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His pamphlet published in 1789 was entitled “ an account of watering meadows :
" but , in the present work , he objects to the term watering , as not contributing
towards a clear conception of the business , but merely affording an idea of ...
His pamphlet published in 1789 was entitled “ an account of watering meadows :
" but , in the present work , he objects to the term watering , as not contributing
towards a clear conception of the business , but merely affording an idea of ...
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Now , why may not similar advantages be obtained in the management of every
object of equal national importance ? Might not permanent committees be
established , at the beginning of every parliament , each consisting of a few
select ...
Now , why may not similar advantages be obtained in the management of every
object of equal national importance ? Might not permanent committees be
established , at the beginning of every parliament , each consisting of a few
select ...
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satisfy ; the one , those who purposely ask too much ; the other , those who are
indefinite in the object of their expectations , and know not what it is which they
demand . To all other persons , who , by a sense of the obstacles and the means
of ...
satisfy ; the one , those who purposely ask too much ; the other , those who are
indefinite in the object of their expectations , and know not what it is which they
demand . To all other persons , who , by a sense of the obstacles and the means
of ...
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