Errors Using Inadequate Data Are Much Less

The Half Minute Which We Daily Devote To The Winding-up Of Our Watches Is An Exertion Of Labour Almost Insensible; Yet, By The Aid Of A Few Wheels, Its Effect Is Spread Over The Whole Twenty-four Hours.

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.

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?

That Science Has Long Been Neglected And Declining In England, Is Not An Opinion Originating With Me, But Is Shared By Many, And Has Been Expressed By Higher Authority Than Mine.

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.