The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art: Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoölogy, Botany, Mineralogy, Geolog

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The idea of preparing the present work was first suggested by the examination of similar works, which have been published in Europe for several years past. We believed that such a. Work could not fail to be useful to many persons, by enabling them to see at a glance what has been accomplished during the past year, and thus showing them in what direction they can most profitably apply their labors. The language Of Bacon concerning one branch of science applies with equal force to all its branches Nothing is of greater efficacy in procuring a stock Of new and useful inventions, than to have the experiments of numerous mechanic arts known to a single person or to a few, who might mutually improve each other by con versation; so that by this translation of experiments, arts might mutually warm and light up each other, as it were, by an inter mingling of rays.

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