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Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 189 | Rank: 0 | Fav

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Tragedy | Clicks: 168 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Uniformity and steadiness in the rate at which machinery works, are essential both for its effect and its duration.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 146 | Rank: 10.00 | Fav

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.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 160 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties...

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 185 | Rank: 0 | Fav

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on...

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 161 | Rank: 0 | Fav

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 185 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The worn-out saucepans and tinware of our kitchens, when beyond the reach of the tinker's art, are not utterly worthless.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 172 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The pursuit of science does not, in England, constitute a distinct profession, as it does in many other countries.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 210 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The public, who consume the new commodity or profit by the new invention, are much better judges of its merit than the government can be.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 194 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 181 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 158 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 189 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four...

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 169 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The force of vapour is another fertile source of moving power; but even in this case it cannot be maintained that power is created.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 161 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 165 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 165 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 155 | Rank: 0 | Fav

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;...

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 184 | Rank: 0 | Fav

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

Author: Charles Babbage (1792-1871) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 153 | Rank: 7.50 | Fav
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