The Library of American Biography, Vol. 10 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Sparks, Jared

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330255402 ISBN 13: 9781330255407

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from The Library of American Biography, Vol. 10

At the present day, the stock of mechanical and practical knowledge, handed down by tradi tion, or preserved by means of the press has become so enormous, that the most brilliant dis covery in the useful arts bears but a small pro portion to the whole extent of human knowledge. In remote times, the aids, which modern inventors derive from the records of the reasonings, the combinations, and even the abortive attempts of others, were wholly wanting; and, if no one of the inventions of antiquity, when taken by itself, can rank in apparent importance with some of modern date, the former were in many instances far more conspicuous as steps in the progress of human im provement. In many cases, too, they must have produced an almost magical effect upon the com forts, the happiness, and even on the means of sustaining the lives, of men at the time.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330255402
• ISBN 13: 9781330255407
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
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