The Accumulation Of Skill And Science Which

I Am Inclined To Attach Some Importance To The New System Of Manufacturing; And Venture To Throw It Out With The Hope Of Its Receiving A Full Discussion Among Those Who Are Most Interestedin The Subject.

Of Cooking. This Is An Art Of Various Forms, The Object Of Which Is To Give Ordinary Observations The Appearance And Character Of Those Of The Highest Degree Of Accuracy. One Of Its Numerous Processes Is To Make Multitudes Of Observations, And Out Of These To Select Only Those Which Agree, Or Very Nearly Agree. If A Hundred Observations Are Made, The Cook Must Be Very Unhappy If He Cannot Pick Out Fifteen Or Twenty Which Will Do For Serving Up.

In Mathematical Science, More Than In All Others, It Happens That Truths Which Are At One Period The Most Abstract, And Apparently The Most Remote From All Useful Application, Become In The Next Age The Bases Of Profound Physical Inquiries, And In The Succeeding One, Perhaps, By Proper Simplification And Reduction To Tables, Furnish Their Ready And Daily Aid To The Artist And The Sailor.

As Soon As An Analytical Engine Exists, It Will Necessarily Guide The Future Course Of The Science. Whenever Any Result Is Sought By Its Aid, The Question Will Then Arise — By What Course Of Calculation Can These Results Be Arrived At By The Machine In The Shortest Time?

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.