| Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 556 стор.
...them to himself. " I mentioned this business to our good friend, Dr. Darwin, who agrees with us in sentiment, that it would be a pity that Dr. Priestley...subscribe, and has thought of some friends who, he is persuaded, will gladly do the same. . . . "You will see by the enclosed list that one cannot decently... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 560 стор.
...them to himself. " I mentioned this business to our good friend, Dr. Darwin, who agrees with us in sentiment, that it would be a pity that Dr. Priestley should have any cares or eramps to interrupt him in the fine vein of experiments he is in the midst of, and is willing to devote... | |
| Henry Winram Dickinson - 1937 - 272 стор.
...money worries so that he might devote himself to his experimental work. Wedgwood wrote (1781, Mar. 10): It would be a pity that Dr Priestley should have any...devote his time to the pursuit of, for the public good. It was these experiments, be it recalled, that led on Watt and others to the discovery of the composition... | |
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