The Making of America, Volume 7Robert Marion La Follette De Bower, Chapline & Company, 1907 - Inventors |
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... important divisions , of the department of agricul- ture . It spends more than a million and a quarter of national money , but it saves twenty times that sum to the merchants and the shipping of the country . Of practical and scientific ...
... important divisions , of the department of agricul- ture . It spends more than a million and a quarter of national money , but it saves twenty times that sum to the merchants and the shipping of the country . Of practical and scientific ...
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... important researches which render it probable that the electric motor was first brought to perfection by Thomas Davenport and Orange A. Smalley of Brandon , Vt . It has long been known that Davenport constructed the first model electric ...
... important researches which render it probable that the electric motor was first brought to perfection by Thomas Davenport and Orange A. Smalley of Brandon , Vt . It has long been known that Davenport constructed the first model electric ...
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... important users of power , supplied normally by the disabled plant , could be supplied with power without inter- ruption . This is especially important where the public utili- ties are involved , such as the electric railways and ...
... important users of power , supplied normally by the disabled plant , could be supplied with power without inter- ruption . This is especially important where the public utili- ties are involved , such as the electric railways and ...
Contents
Fifty Years of American Science | 1 |
The Debt of the World to Pure Science | 24 |
Scientific Work of the Government | 40 |
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