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... MEMOIRS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE - Seite 162von ROBERT HUNT F.R.S, F.S.S. - 1862Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1868 - 518 Seiten
...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 — by Benjamin, Count Rumford, FRS," &c. ; in octavo, 54 pp. ; Cadell & Davies,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...part of Count Rumford's time was devoted to the interests of the Royal Institution, of which indeed he may be considered the founder. The objects of this...life.' Such an institution was precisely the one which Rumford was qualified to superintend ; and. in its early history, the influence of his peculiar habits... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1870 - 530 Seiten
...knowledge, and the facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions, and the teaching by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments the application of science to the common purposes of life. This institution has taken a leading part in the great work of popularizing... | |
| 1871 - 926 Seiten
...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." One of the modes of diffusing information was to collect in a hall of the... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1871 - 932 Seiten
...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." One of the modes of diffusing information was to collect in a hall of the... | |
| George Edward Ellis - 1871 - 750 Seiten
...Massachusetts Historical Society. 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." This copy, bearing the autograph of Count Rumford, was presented by him "... | |
| Bence Jones - 1871 - 486 Seiten
...FACILIATING 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 WERE THESE : THE two great objects of the Institution being the speedy and... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1871 - 930 Seiten
...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." One of the modes of diffusing information was to collect in a hall of the... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 Seiten
...part of Count Rumford's time was devoted to the interests of the Royal Institution, of which indeed he may be considered the founder. The objects of this...life.' Such an institution was precisely the one which Rumford was qualified to superintend ; and in its early history, the influence of his peculiar habits... | |
| John Hall Gladstone - 1872 - 242 Seiten
...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 ;" — with the motto, " Illustrans commoda vitse." Fifty or sixty years ago... | |
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