Let us hope, that no frivoloſity of manners, no pride of wealth, of anceſtry and arms, or difference of opinion, will hereafter leſſen thoſe reaſonable enjoyments.

a heelless shoe with a flat sole

He asked, how can you truly know the rockness of a rock by categorizing it? Simply dividing it into smaller pieces, weighing it, and looking at its properties may tell you a great deal about what it is like, but what it is, its essence, its rockness, escapes such analysis […]

John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano