Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 134
... less contradiction ; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong , and I more easily prevailed with others to give up their mistakes & join with me when I happened to be in the right . And this mode , which I at first ...
... less contradiction ; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong , and I more easily prevailed with others to give up their mistakes & join with me when I happened to be in the right . And this mode , which I at first ...
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 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
Copyright | |
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