Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures |
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... shafts and wheels of his mill whirling in his mind with the complexity of Ezekiel's vision , he dreamed of the absence of an essential band upon one of the wheels . The dream was fresh in his mind on the following morning , and ...
... shafts and wheels of his mill whirling in his mind with the complexity of Ezekiel's vision , he dreamed of the absence of an essential band upon one of the wheels . The dream was fresh in his mind on the following morning , and ...
Page 138
... shaft of perhaps several tons weight , and never has reason to repent his pre- ference , because he infuses into the turning apparatus a precision of action , equal , if not superior , to the skill of the most experienced journeyman ...
... shaft of perhaps several tons weight , and never has reason to repent his pre- ference , because he infuses into the turning apparatus a precision of action , equal , if not superior , to the skill of the most experienced journeyman ...
Page 141
... shafts of the satirist , the philosopher has conferred on the moralist an obligation of surpassing weight . In unveiling to him the living miracles which teem in rich exuberance around the minutest atom , as well as throughout the ...
... shafts of the satirist , the philosopher has conferred on the moralist an obligation of surpassing weight . In unveiling to him the living miracles which teem in rich exuberance around the minutest atom , as well as throughout the ...
Page 226
... shaft , of this wheel in the usual mode of structure , it is made circular and hollow , of a great number of pieces , hooped together like a cask ; the shaft is between five and six feet in diameter . The other two , which are used when ...
... shaft , of this wheel in the usual mode of structure , it is made circular and hollow , of a great number of pieces , hooped together like a cask ; the shaft is between five and six feet in diameter . The other two , which are used when ...
Page 307
... shafts would be quite sufficient for driving all the machinery contained in a mill of this length . The cotton and ... shaft ; and when this is known , the principle upon which to pro- ceed in tracing out the speed per minute of all ...
... shafts would be quite sufficient for driving all the machinery contained in a mill of this length . The cotton and ... shaft ; and when this is known , the principle upon which to pro- ceed in tracing out the speed per minute of all ...
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Page 280 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 182 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 144 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis' Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South...
Page 144 - And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 280 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufacture and a natural history of the country...
Page 29 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble...
Page 145 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Page 201 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations: that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.
Page 182 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Page 110 - It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money.