Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 96
... less importance , as the other hands improved in the business . And when Keimer paid my second quarter's wages , he let me know that he felt them too heavy , and thought I should make an abatement . He grew by degrees less civil , put ...
... less importance , as the other hands improved in the business . And when Keimer paid my second quarter's wages , he let me know that he felt them too heavy , and thought I should make an abatement . He grew by degrees less civil , put ...
Page 220
... less wood being burnt , there is less smoke made . Again , the shutter , or trap - bellows , soon blowing the wood into a flame , the same wood does not yield so much smoke as if burnt in a common chimney . For as soon as flame begins ...
... less wood being burnt , there is less smoke made . Again , the shutter , or trap - bellows , soon blowing the wood into a flame , the same wood does not yield so much smoke as if burnt in a common chimney . For as soon as flame begins ...
Page 224
... less of fuel ; how much labour saved in cutting and carriage of it ; how much more land may be cleared for cultivation ; how great the profit by the addi- tional quantity of work done , in those trades particularly that do not exercise ...
... less of fuel ; how much labour saved in cutting and carriage of it ; how much more land may be cleared for cultivation ; how great the profit by the addi- tional quantity of work done , in those trades particularly that do not exercise ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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