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Page 194
... Society of Engineers . During a period of twenty years , the members of this society increased in number to sixty - five , of whom fifteen only were real engineers ; the remainder being composed either of amateurs , or of ingenious ...
... Society of Engineers . During a period of twenty years , the members of this society increased in number to sixty - five , of whom fifteen only were real engineers ; the remainder being composed either of amateurs , or of ingenious ...
Page 197
... Society till 1759 ; having , in the interval , found opportunities of putting the result of these ex- periments into real practice , in a variety of cases , and for various pur . poses , so as to assure the Society he had found them to ...
... Society till 1759 ; having , in the interval , found opportunities of putting the result of these ex- periments into real practice , in a variety of cases , and for various pur . poses , so as to assure the Society he had found them to ...
Page 233
... society nothing but vice and misery . The characters of a philanthropic phi- losopher , ( who , like the benevolent Howard , explores and relieves the miseries of prisons ) ; of a negroe woman ; and of a Quaker ; he holds up to ...
... society nothing but vice and misery . The characters of a philanthropic phi- losopher , ( who , like the benevolent Howard , explores and relieves the miseries of prisons ) ; of a negroe woman ; and of a Quaker ; he holds up to ...
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