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Here he also invented his logarithmic accounting scales , and was likewise , by the error which one of his pupils had committed in the solution of an algebraical proposition , induced to turn his mind to the invention of a machine for ...
Here he also invented his logarithmic accounting scales , and was likewise , by the error which one of his pupils had committed in the solution of an algebraical proposition , induced to turn his mind to the invention of a machine for ...
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It has the transparency o ! miniature , enough of the mellowness of crayon and the facility of distemper : with a superior preservation to either . In oil painting the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of 14 CORRESPONDENCE .
It has the transparency o ! miniature , enough of the mellowness of crayon and the facility of distemper : with a superior preservation to either . In oil painting the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of 14 CORRESPONDENCE .
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ing the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of white and the light tints which , in wax remain unchanged during any length of time . Cloths prepared for oil - painting arc heavy from the quantity of white - lead spread on them ...
ing the best oils turn yellow and tarnish the beauty of white and the light tints which , in wax remain unchanged during any length of time . Cloths prepared for oil - painting arc heavy from the quantity of white - lead spread on them ...
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He soon acquired the use of the file , and made himself acquainted with the method of turning brass , and of grinding glasses . In the year 1763 , he constructed instruments for Sisson , Dollond , Nairne , Adams , and other mathematical ...
He soon acquired the use of the file , and made himself acquainted with the method of turning brass , and of grinding glasses . In the year 1763 , he constructed instruments for Sisson , Dollond , Nairne , Adams , and other mathematical ...
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... to open their eyes , and to turn them from darkness to light , and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins , an : l inheritance among them who are sanctificd by faith that is in me .
... to open their eyes , and to turn them from darkness to light , and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins , an : l inheritance among them who are sanctificd by faith that is in me .
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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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