The Mechanics Magazine Museum Register Journal And Gazette Volume 15

Excerpt from The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, 1831, Vol. 15 Tm: salutary tendency of the arts and sciences is happily no longera matter of dispute; but if it were, the simple fact, that during a time of so much political agitation and excitement as the present, the different Journals through which the votaries of science are in the habit of making their discoveries and speculations known to the world, should manifest an ia crease, instead of any falling off, of itself to confound all scepticism on this to be universally true of the scientific portion of the periodical press of 1831 and know it to be so, in an eminent degree, with respect to the journal under our immediate super intendence of consider ntributions to our pages been more numerous, or of greater value, than during the period of trouble embraced by our present volume; a fact the more remarkable, that the majority of the correspondents of the mechanics, magazine are, as usual, to be found in the busier walks of life, where a concern for private as well as public affairs, might be supposed to operate most injuriously, to the peaceful pursuits of philosophy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.