Category: History - British
§ _Universal principles_, such as the fact that every number ending with the figure five is itself divisible by five, rarely occur except in the exact sciences. Universal principles are those which do not admit of a single exception.
§ _Universal principles_, such as the fact that every number ending with the figure five is itself divisible by five, rarely occur except in the exact sciences. Universal princi...
3. CHAPTER II.There exists in society a widely-spread error relating to the very principle of that interchange of property between individuals which is usually called a bargain. It is almost...
4. CHAPTER III.Associations for occasional discussion, of men pursuing the same or similar studies, have long been found advantageous for the inter-communication of the difficulties, the doubt...
5. CHAPTER IV.§ It is not now necessary to inquire minutely into the origin of the present Exposition. It is sufficient to state that it appears to have been proposed by some members of the S...
6. Chapter VII., it is sufficient here to state, that the amount receivedfrom the admission of the public will very much depend upon this point. On the other hand, the difficulty and expense of conveying the things exhibited, will not be very differe...
7. CHAPTER V.The approaching Exposition is considered by many as a great and splendid show, calculated to give pleasure and excitement to hundreds of thousands of persons. Even in this sense...
8. CHAPTER VI.One of the great difficulties in exhibiting together samples of the produce and the industry of the world, must obviously be the magnitude and consequent expense of any building...
9. CHAPTER VII.The questions connected with the construction of the building, were surrounded with considerable difficulties, even to the best informed. It should be capable of containing spec...
10. CHAPTER VIII.The great mass of consumers are always anxious to know the _price_ of a commodity. To them it is the most essential consideration in a purchase. The thoughtless rich care little...
11. CHAPTER IX.The great feature of the original plan of the Exposition was to give large prizes. One, at least, was to have been 5,000_l._, and the whole amount of them 20,000_l._
12. CHAPTER X.A clear statement of the _principles_ on which each jury is to award prizes, should be placed before them. These principles ought to be well discussed, and in that discussion ma...
13. CHAPTER XI.Besides those universal advantages which will result, in a greater or less degree, to every nation maintaining friendly intercourse with its neighbours, there are others arising...
14. CHAPTER XII.Several causes have justly lowered the position of science in England. The conduct of the Royal Society, and of men of science themselves, has equally contributed to this result...
15. CHAPTER XIII.It is not a bad definition of _man_ to describe him as a _tool-making animal_. His earliest contrivances to support uncivilized life, were tools of the simplest and rudest const...
16. CHAPTER XIV.Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no _single_ term by which their occupation can be e...
17. CHAPTER XV.Some of the principles for the discovery of truth, professed and acted upon by those who administer the laws of England, and by those who practice in its courts, are certainly r...
18. CHAPTER XVI.“Of all the tyrannies that molest this terrestrial scene perhaps there is none so arbitrary, so extravagant, or so grotesque as the tyranny of party. There is none that so frequ...
19. CHAPTER XVII.NAME. NO. OF MEMBERS. GRAND KNIGHT COMP. CROSS. COM. The Garter 25 The Thistle 16 St. Patrick 16 The Bath Military 50 102 525 The Bath Civil 25 50 200 St. George and St. Michael...
20. CHAPTER XI.The Society receive a Letter from the Treasury respecting Mr. Babbage’s Calculating Machine—Letter from Mr. Babbage to Sir H. Davy—A Committee appointed to consider Mr. Babbage’...