A Young Man Passes From Our Public

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.

A Powerful Attraction Exists, Therefore, To The Promotion Of A Study And Of Duties Of All Others Engrossing The Time Most Completely, And Which Is Less Benefited Than Most Others By Any Acquaintance With Science.

Some Kinds Of Nails, Such As Those Used For Defending The Soles Of Coarse Shoes, Called Hobnails, Require A Particular Form Of The Head, Which Is Made By The Stroke Of A Die.

On Two Occasions I Have Been Asked, 'pray, Mr. Babbage, If You Put Into The Machine Wrong Figures, Will The Right Answers Come Out?' I Am Not Able Rightly To Apprehend The Kind Of Confusion Of Ideas That Could Provoke Such A Question.

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.