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The Advance of Science in the Last
by T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley
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Title: The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
Author: T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley
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THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE IN THE LAST HALF-CENTURY
BY
T.H. HUXLEY, F.R.S.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1889
THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE IN THE LAST HALF-CENTURY
[Sidenote: Recent industrial progress]
The most obvious and the most distinctive features of the History of Civilisation, during the last fifty years, is the wonderful increase of industrial production by the application of machinery, the improvement of old technical processes and the invention of new ones, accompanied by an even more remarkable development of old and new means of locomotion and intercommunication. By this rapid and vast multiplication of the commodities and conveniences of existence, the general standard of comfort has been