 | DeWitt Clinton, Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Ecology - 1815 - 160 pages
...introducing other sorts from foreign countries. New improvements in planting, gardening, clearing land, etc. And all philosophical experiments that let light into...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already hegun hy some intended memhers, shall he kept up hy this society with... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - Science - 1815 - 616 pages
...introducing other sorts from foreign countries. New improvements in planting, gardening, clearing land, &c. And all philosophical experiments that let light into...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall be kept up by this society with... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Art - 1827 - 342 pages
...water, and draining meadows ; all new arts, trades, and manufactures that may be proposed or thought of; all philosophical experiments that let light into...the nature of things, tend to increase the power of mind over matter, and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." It proved to be impossible,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1838 - 632 pages
...manufactures, that may be proposed or thought of; surveys, maps, and charts of particular parts of the sea-coasts or inland countries ; course and junction...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall be kept up by this Society with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...manufactures, that may be proposed or thought of; surveys, maps, and charts of particular parts of the sea-coasts or inland countries ; course and junction...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall be kept up by this Society with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1856 - 634 pages
...course and junction of rivers and great roads, situation of lakes and mountains, nature of the soil arid productions; new methods of improving the breed of...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall be kept up by this Society with... | |
 | James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...manufactures, that may be proposed or thought of; surveys, maps, and charts of particular parts of the sea-coasts or inland countries ; course and junction...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." He concluded his circular with these words • "Benjamin Franklin, the writer of this Proposal, offers... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1896 - 1250 pages
...and manufactures that may be proposed or thought of; surveys, maps, and charts of particular parts of the seacoasts or inland countries; course and junction...and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. That a correspondence, already begun by some intended members, shall bo kept up by this society with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 426 pages
...; in mechanics ; in arts, trades, and manufactures ; in geography and topography ; in agriculture ; and " all philosophical experiments that let light...multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." The circular proposes that " a correspondence be kept up with the Royal Society of London, and the Dublin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 434 pages
...chemistry; in mechanics; in arts, trades, and manufactures ; in geography and topography; in agriculture; and "all philosophical experiments that let light...multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life." The circular proposes that " a correspondence be kept up with the Royal Society of London, and the Dublin... | |
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... all philosophical experiments that let light into the nature of things, tend to increase the power of man over matter and multiply the conveniences or pleasures of life. 
