To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.
CHARLES BABBAGEAs soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.
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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.
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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.
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If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.
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I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
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Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interested in the subject.
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It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the loss of their time, destroyed by organ-grinders and other similar nuisances.
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What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.
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Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.
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The triumph of the industrial arts will advance the cause of civilization more rapidly than its warmest advocates could have hoped, and contribute to the permanent prosperity and strength of the country far more than the most splendid victories of successful war.
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The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on by their aid.
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The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.
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The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at the expense of this society to praise each other over wine and give each other medals.
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The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery … As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of science.
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For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.
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