Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-05-02
From he Geneses Farmer
"Nothing is beneath the attention of Great
Manu.


This short sentence is inscribed over the door
OF the small building in Holland. which was once
the workshop Of Peter the Great; and furnishes
more than volumns Of common description and his
tory could do M insight into the character Of the
man who raised the Muscoviies fom the deepest
barbarism to the rink Of civilization. aud laid the
foundation Of an extent of which the world seems
yet little able 10 comprehend
One Of the most fatal errors to which men are
subject is the disposition 10 treat small things
with conicmpious indifference forgetting that
great things are but on aggregate Of small ones
and that discoveries and events Of the greatest i'm
portoncc TO the world be traced to things most
insignificant, 10 themselves Nothing more truly
marks an original mind, and stamps its posscssor
ms truly great man, than the seizure of circum-
staIces which would pass unnoticed BY the great
multitude. and by subecting them to the powerful
analysis of his reasoning powers, deducing nferen.
ces Of The greatest practical results.
The power Of the tombstone to attract iron, has
been known from time immcmorial accident dis
covered the fact that mngnetized needle would
indicate the north but for long time this truth
productive of no resulis.-ln tho hands of Fla
via Gioja Of Amalf il produced the mariners com
pass, an instrument which has changed the whole
course OF commerce, and opened America and Aus
trslis 10 the rest of the world. To mention only
one ofhe things that the of the compass in
maratimc discovery has led to-- has given the
poiatoc to Europe, and thus rrebled the means OF
subsistence as well as doubled the population.
We owe the Galvanc or voltaic battery, one Of
the most powerful instruments in advancing sci
ence the world has yet seen, 10 Madame Galvanis
noticing the contraction Of The muscles of q skin
ned frog accidentally touched by a person on
whom her husband was at the moment making
IL W.
of Galyani and Volta were followed up by Dayy,
Hare, and Slfman, aud effects which have aston
shed and Instructed the world, have been he re-
suit. The dry galvanic pile in the hands of the
dlscovcrcr, De Luc, was nothing more than sci
entifc play,hing. Singer of London, mechanic
Of genius, saw the pile, and applied the power thus
generated 10 move Tie machinery Of watch aud
one constructed by him has now run more than SIN
teen years without winding or loss Of motion.
a chemist was at work. IN his laboratory pre-
pairing powder for certain purpose. spark
tell INTO this composition and II exploded and
from that day gunpowder discovered. Some
may question the utility Of this discovery, hut we
do not. GunpcwJer has ma literally aided the mi
ner, the founder and the chemist but more than
oil, 1t has given internal order aud tranquility to
the Kingdoms Of Europe by knocking down those
strong holds Of feuda barbarism and cruelty, tie
Castles Oi naughty nuG 1ofnnecflng Ho'nNy and
placing the weak, 50 lar regards protection by
law, aud security to person aud property, on e.
vel with the highest.
German pcasant carved letters on the back Of
q beach tree, and with them stamped characters on
paper for the Amusement ofhis children. Nothing
more was thought Of them bot ftom them Faust
conceived and executed moseoble type and print
ing. an art that perhaps has exercised grester in
haencc Ga the destiny OF mankind than any other.
thus had beginning.
Calico was 10 q church at Florence where
drohsy Dominican hold!ag forth on he merits
Of the Virgin, and the miracles ofihe Holy Church:
things sboni which The philosopher cared very It.
tie. The principle lamp OF the church he'd been
LETT suspended IA such manner that j: swung 10
snd fro in the slightest breath Snd caught the csc
Of The philosopher The regularity Of ne oscla-
iions struck him, aud the idea Of employing sucn
vibrations 10 measure time occurred. Calico lett
The church ard reformed 10 bis study aud 10 i shoii
tine the fret pendulum made was swinging.
Some children playing With glasses ola Dutch
spectacle maker. accidentally placed two 50 thar
The sieeple Of church spPeaTed much nearer and
turned bottom upwards. From the small begin
ming ~ss produced the telescope instrument
which more than any other. has enlarged the Loua-
danes oilhe Universe. and given to more CT.