The Royal Institution: Its Founder and Its First ProfessorsLongmans, Green, 1871 - 431 páginas |
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... light , heat , and the wind . In 1769 , when seventeen , he was apprentice and clerk to a drygoods dealer at Boston . There he went to an evening - school to learn French , paying 2 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
... light , heat , and the wind . In 1769 , when seventeen , he was apprentice and clerk to a drygoods dealer at Boston . There he went to an evening - school to learn French , paying 2 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
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... light relative to the action of fired gunpowder . In 1778 Mr. Thompson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society . Great must have been the trouble in his office this year . In October 1778 , Sir H. Clinton wrote to Lord G. Germain from ...
... light relative to the action of fired gunpowder . In 1778 Mr. Thompson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society . Great must have been the trouble in his office this year . In October 1778 , Sir H. Clinton wrote to Lord G. Germain from ...
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... of Massachusetts Bay in New England , to raise and to command a regiment of light dragoons , to be called the King's American Dragoons . ' Lord G. Germain wrote to Sir H. Clinton , June 16 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
... of Massachusetts Bay in New England , to raise and to command a regiment of light dragoons , to be called the King's American Dragoons . ' Lord G. Germain wrote to Sir H. Clinton , June 16 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
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... light dragoons , which , I trust , will be raised in a manner to entitle the officers of it to your approbation . Lieutenant - Colonel Thompson shows at least a spirit and zeal for the service , in quitting for a time an agreeable and ...
... light dragoons , which , I trust , will be raised in a manner to entitle the officers of it to your approbation . Lieutenant - Colonel Thompson shows at least a spirit and zeal for the service , in quitting for a time an agreeable and ...
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... light artillery , constructed under the direction of the late Lieutenant - General Desaguliers , with a large proportion of ammunition , I made a great number of interesting experi- ments with these guns , and also with the ship's guns ...
... light artillery , constructed under the direction of the late Lieutenant - General Desaguliers , with a large proportion of ammunition , I made a great number of interesting experi- ments with these guns , and also with the ship's guns ...
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