Heroes of the Laboratory and the WorkshopG. Routledge and Sons, 1859 - 222 pages |
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... celebrated Mr. Watt , who immediately saw the importance of the discovery , and actually applied it in whitening five hundred pieces of cloth . With noble disinte- restedness , Berthollet refused to sell or monopolize his invention ...
... celebrated Mr. Watt , who immediately saw the importance of the discovery , and actually applied it in whitening five hundred pieces of cloth . With noble disinte- restedness , Berthollet refused to sell or monopolize his invention ...
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... celebrated Institute of France , which comprehended all the men of talent in the capital , Berthollet took the lead , and long laboured , with the most active assiduity , to promote its interests . After the subjugation of Italy by the ...
... celebrated Institute of France , which comprehended all the men of talent in the capital , Berthollet took the lead , and long laboured , with the most active assiduity , to promote its interests . After the subjugation of Italy by the ...
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... celebrated first edition of the Bible from metal types , remarkable for the tex- ture of the paper , the excellence of the execution , and the blackness and lustre of the ink . It is supposed to have been printed in 1455. The expense of ...
... celebrated first edition of the Bible from metal types , remarkable for the tex- ture of the paper , the excellence of the execution , and the blackness and lustre of the ink . It is supposed to have been printed in 1455. The expense of ...
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... celebrated men who have worked in metal , one of the most renowned is Ben- venuto Cellini . The distinguished eminence of this artist in the times of the " old masters , " his intimacy with Michael Angelo , Titian , and all the great ...
... celebrated men who have worked in metal , one of the most renowned is Ben- venuto Cellini . The distinguished eminence of this artist in the times of the " old masters , " his intimacy with Michael Angelo , Titian , and all the great ...
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... celebrated as a most exquisite and extraordinary per- formance . At the age of sixty , our artist married ; and from that time his narrative contains little of general in- terest . He had several children , and it is evident he was ...
... celebrated as a most exquisite and extraordinary per- formance . At the age of sixty , our artist married ; and from that time his narrative contains little of general in- terest . He had several children , and it is evident he was ...
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