The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... stimulated him to invent an accounting machine , while the numerous occasions he had for an accurate chronometer actuated him to invent a time piece of mercury which went twenty seven minutes without causing the slightest error .
... stimulated him to invent an accounting machine , while the numerous occasions he had for an accurate chronometer actuated him to invent a time piece of mercury which went twenty seven minutes without causing the slightest error .
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Now this being notoriously liable to vary , from other causes than change of elevation , the range or possibility of error is obviously equal to the possible extent of those other causes . The remarks of this essayist on the thermometer ...
Now this being notoriously liable to vary , from other causes than change of elevation , the range or possibility of error is obviously equal to the possible extent of those other causes . The remarks of this essayist on the thermometer ...
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Narration is a recital or rehearsal of the facts upon which the address is founded , including a statement of the cause , manner , time , place , and consequences of the action . This should necessarily be as short as perspicuity will ...
Narration is a recital or rehearsal of the facts upon which the address is founded , including a statement of the cause , manner , time , place , and consequences of the action . This should necessarily be as short as perspicuity will ...
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Ilence Cicero defines confirmation to be " thať which gives proof , authority , and support to a cause by reasoning ” -and this is effected by different modes , according to the nature of the subject , and the character who handles it ...
Ilence Cicero defines confirmation to be " thať which gives proof , authority , and support to a cause by reasoning ” -and this is effected by different modes , according to the nature of the subject , and the character who handles it ...
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If a recapitulation of arguments be necessary it should be done in a sprightly and confident inanner to cxcite a conviction of the goodness of the cause , and that nothing has been oisered in its defence but what is consistent with the ...
If a recapitulation of arguments be necessary it should be done in a sprightly and confident inanner to cxcite a conviction of the goodness of the cause , and that nothing has been oisered in its defence but what is consistent with the ...
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 5 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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