No Person Will Deny That The Highest

Surely, If Knowledge Is Valuable, It Can Never Be Good Policy In A Country Far Wealthier Than Tuscany, To Allow A Genius Like Mr. Dalton's, To Be Employed In The Drudgery Of Elementary Instruction.

Telegraphs Are Machines For Conveying Information Over Extensive Lines With Great Rapidity.

The Successful Construction Of All Machinery Depends On The Perfection Of The Tools Employed; And Whoever Is A Master In The Arts Of Tool-making Possesses The Key To The Construction Of All Machines... The Contrivance And Construction Of Tools Must Therefore Ever Stand At The Head Of The Industrial Arts.

A Tool Is Usually More Simple Than A Machine; It Is Generally Used With The Hand, Whilst A Machine Is Frequently Moved By Animal Or Steam Power.

The First Steps In The Path Of Discovery, And The First Approximate Measures, Are Those Which Add Most To The Existing Knowledge Of Mankind.