The Royal Institution: Its Founder and Its First ProfessorsLongmans, Green, 1871 - 431 páginas |
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... published at great length in the ' Philosophical Transactions . ' One good observation is now of great interest . Being much struck with the accidental discovery of the great degree of heat that pieces acquire when they are fired with ...
... published at great length in the ' Philosophical Transactions . ' One good observation is now of great interest . Being much struck with the accidental discovery of the great degree of heat that pieces acquire when they are fired with ...
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... publish and make known to his provincial corps , as also to all others his loyal subjects in America , his gracious intention to support and protect them by making the rank of the officers permanent in America , and allowing them half ...
... publish and make known to his provincial corps , as also to all others his loyal subjects in America , his gracious intention to support and protect them by making the rank of the officers permanent in America , and allowing them half ...
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... published in the Bibliothèque universelle ' the notes he made of a con- versation with Count Rumford regarding his life at this time . He says : A purely accidental circumstance had a decisive influ- ence over his destiny . He arrived ...
... published in the Bibliothèque universelle ' the notes he made of a con- versation with Count Rumford regarding his life at this time . He says : A purely accidental circumstance had a decisive influ- ence over his destiny . He arrived ...
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... publish these in England and to meet his daughter , who was about to come to him from America , and to recover further his health , he obtained leave of absence from the Elector of Bavaria . In his paper on Gunpowder in 1781 he said he ...
... publish these in England and to meet his daughter , who was about to come to him from America , and to recover further his health , he obtained leave of absence from the Elector of Bavaria . In his paper on Gunpowder in 1781 he said he ...
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... published at different times sepa- rately between 1796 and 1802. The two first volumes were reprinted in 1800 . His first essay gave an account of an establishment for the poor in Munich ; the second was on establish- ments for the poor ...
... published at different times sepa- rately between 1796 and 1802. The two first volumes were reprinted in 1800 . His first essay gave an account of an establishment for the poor in Munich ; the second was on establish- ments for the poor ...
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