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The golden age of mathematical literature is undoubtedly past.

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The whole of arithmetic now appeared within the grasp of mechanism.

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Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.

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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.

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What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.

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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

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I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work.

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Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.

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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

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Time, which is the author of authors, be not deprived of his due, which is, further and further to discover truth.

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An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.

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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.

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For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

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A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.

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If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.

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Machines which had never been finished were abandoned in the hands of their makers, because new improvements had superseded their utility.

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The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

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The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

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Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.

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The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data.

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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

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There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.

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The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on by their aid.

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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

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