Annual Report on Public Schools in Rhode Island1849 |
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... armature . Magnetic needles and stands . Electro mag- net . Electro coil and hemispheric magnets . Terrestrial helix . Primary coil and handles for shocks . Separable helics for analysis of shocks . OPTICS . - Models of the human eye in ...
... armature . Magnetic needles and stands . Electro mag- net . Electro coil and hemispheric magnets . Terrestrial helix . Primary coil and handles for shocks . Separable helics for analysis of shocks . OPTICS . - Models of the human eye in ...
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... Armature , .673 00 Double U Magnet and Armature , 3 00 , and Wheel Armature for Double Mag- net , Round Bar Armature , 346 25 cents , and 5 00 100 5750 Y Armature , 3450 cents , and 56775 Star Armature , 346 75 cents , and 571 00 ...
... Armature , .673 00 Double U Magnet and Armature , 3 00 , and Wheel Armature for Double Mag- net , Round Bar Armature , 346 25 cents , and 5 00 100 5750 Y Armature , 3450 cents , and 56775 Star Armature , 346 75 cents , and 571 00 ...
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... Armatures , .. 10 00 U Magnet and Armature , 10 00 Magnetic Needle and Stand , .... 2 50 50 ....... 75 7 00 5 00 $ 100 00 * Expansion , .................... SET OF PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS . Air PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS ,
... Armatures , .. 10 00 U Magnet and Armature , 10 00 Magnetic Needle and Stand , .... 2 50 50 ....... 75 7 00 5 00 $ 100 00 * Expansion , .................... SET OF PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS . Air PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS ,
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... Armature , .. 1.00 * Straight Brass Jet , .. 50 Terrestrial Helix , .... 1 50 Stopcock Collars , .... Pair Water Pumps , ....... 12 00 35 00 Electrometer Jar , Discharger , ....... Mechanical Powers , ....... 25 Revolving Electro Magnet ...
... Armature , .. 1.00 * Straight Brass Jet , .. 50 Terrestrial Helix , .... 1 50 Stopcock Collars , .... Pair Water Pumps , ....... 12 00 35 00 Electrometer Jar , Discharger , ....... Mechanical Powers , ....... 25 Revolving Electro Magnet ...
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... Armature , 50 Electrometer Jar , ............ 1 50 Electro Magnet , 1 00 ............ Discharger , 2 50 Bar Armature , 25 .............. Directing Rod ,. ........... 2 00 Y Armature , .............. 75 Spiral Tube , Bells ,.
... Armature , 50 Electrometer Jar , ............ 1 50 Electro Magnet , 1 00 ............ Discharger , 2 50 Bar Armature , 25 .............. Directing Rod ,. ........... 2 00 Y Armature , .............. 75 Spiral Tube , Bells ,.
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Page 441 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 441 - But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession...
Page 296 - ... be mended, copies set, arithmetical difficulties solved, excuses for tardiness or absence received, questions answered, whisperings allowed or suppressed, and more or less of extempore discipline administered. Were it not a most ruinous waste of precious time^ — did it not involve the deadening, crushing, distorting, dwarfing of immortal faculties and noble sensibilities, — were it not an utter perversion of the noble objects for which schools are instituted, it would be difficult to conceive...
Page 448 - This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours.
Page 550 - And that the public teaching shall, in general, respect the sciences; and that the sectarian differences of opinions, shall not make any part of the public and classical instruction ; although all religious controversies may be studied freely, examined and explained, by the President, Professors and Tutors, in a personal, separate and distinct manner, to the youth of any or each denomination : And above all, a constant regard be paid to, and effectual care taken of, the morals of the College.
Page 433 - The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform the duties usually devolving upon a presiding officer.
Page 93 - ... to avoid idleness and profanity, falsehood and deceit, and every wicked and disgraceful practice, and to conduct themselves in a sober, orderly and decent manner, both in and out of school, and to be punctual and constant in daily attendance.
Page 302 - England, and which shall prepare every young man, whose parents may desire it, for business, or for college, and give to every young woman a well disciplined mind, high moral aims, refined tastes, gentle and graceful manners, practical views of her own duties, and those resources of health, thought, conversation, and occupation, which bless alike the highest and lowest station in life.
Page 295 - ... latter always depending on the earlier, and all intended to be conducted on the same general principles, and by methods varying with the work to be done, and the progress already made. With...
Page 296 - In the mean time the order of the school must be maintained, and the general business must be going forward. Little children without any authorized employment for their eyes and hands, and ever active curiosity, must be made to sit still, while every muscle is aching from suppressed activity...