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... relations to others and to ourselves , the behavior of our race becomes rationalized . It becomes possible for us to keep ourselves clean , and to make ourselves open - minded , friendly and God - fearing . In the achievements of ...
... relations to others and to ourselves , the behavior of our race becomes rationalized . It becomes possible for us to keep ourselves clean , and to make ourselves open - minded , friendly and God - fearing . In the achievements of ...
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... relation between mechanical work and heat . The " Inquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Generated by Friction " is one of the shortest of his scientific papers , but it would be hard to match it in all scientific literature ...
... relation between mechanical work and heat . The " Inquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Generated by Friction " is one of the shortest of his scientific papers , but it would be hard to match it in all scientific literature ...
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... relation of heat to work , was a brass six - pounder mounted for boring . Into the short cylinder of metal left on the end of the cannon in the process of casting a hole 3.7 inches in diameter was bored to a depth of 7.2 inches ...
... relation of heat to work , was a brass six - pounder mounted for boring . Into the short cylinder of metal left on the end of the cannon in the process of casting a hole 3.7 inches in diameter was bored to a depth of 7.2 inches ...
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... relation be- tween these two forces of energy , or the dynamical equivalent of heat , he determined as 847 foot - pounds , that is , the work done by raising one pound weight 847 feet will , if converted into heat , raise the ...
... relation be- tween these two forces of energy , or the dynamical equivalent of heat , he determined as 847 foot - pounds , that is , the work done by raising one pound weight 847 feet will , if converted into heat , raise the ...
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... relations with Ord and other of Wilson's supporters , moreover , were not friendly , and these facts doubtless had much to do with his attacks . The meeting between the two ornithologists took place at Louisville in March , 1810 , when ...
... relations with Ord and other of Wilson's supporters , moreover , were not friendly , and these facts doubtless had much to do with his attacks . The meeting between the two ornithologists took place at Louisville in March , 1810 , when ...
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Page 159 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod, And read what is still unread.
Page 160 - Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, ' ' Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 43 - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Page 165 - Even the careless heart was moved, And the doubting gave assent, With a gesture reverent, To the Master well-beloved. As thin mists are glorified By the light they cannot hide, All who gazed upon him saw, Through its veil of tender awe, How his face was still uplit By the old sweet look of it. Hopeful, trustful, full of cheer, And the love that casts out fear. Who the secret may declare Of that brief, unuttered prayer ? Did the shade before him come Of th...
Page 250 - WILL, while we have no knowledge of any other primary cause of force, it does not seem an improbable conclusion that all force may be will-force ; and thus, that the whole universe is not merely dependent on, but actually is, the WILL of higher intelligences or of one Supreme Intelligence.
Page 24 - By meditating on the results of all these experiments, we are naturally brought to that great question which has so often been the subject of speculation among philosophers, namely, What is heat — is there any such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there anything that...
Page 30 - To make vicious and abandoned people happy, it has generally been supposed necessary, first, to make them virtuous. But why not reverse this order ? Why not make them first happy and then virtuous?
Page 204 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Page 160 - At the other end of the table sat Agassiz, robust, sanguine, animated, full of talk, boy-like in his laughter. The stranger who should have asked who were the men ranged along the sides of the table would have heard in answer the names of Hawthorne, Motley, Dana, Lowell, Whipple, Peirce, the distinguished mathematician, Judge Hoar, eminent at the bar and in the cabinet, Dwight, the leading musical critic of Boston for a whole generation, Sumner, the academic champion of freedom, Andrew, "the great...
Page 253 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.