The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-05-26

IN my way am,ss IN the common methods OF
procedure. To use common expression, he
is in the way OF good luck: and II he possesses
the requisite information, he can take the advan
tage Of it when 1t comes to him." And should
he be so fortunate .as to hit on new invention,
he will probably enjoy not merely the honor
which is attached to a new discovery, but also
the pecuniary advantages which result from il.
We have. therefore, every reason to hope that
were scientific knowledge universally diffused
among the working classes every department Of
the useful arts would proceed will, arapid prog
ress TO perfection, and new arts and inventions,
hitherto unknown. be introduced on the theatre
Of the world to increase the enjoyments Of do.
mestic society and to ctnbellish the face Of ma
ture No possible limits can be assigned to the
powers OF g. MUS TO the resources Of science to
the Improvement Of machinery, TO the aids TO be
derived from chemical resources, and to the skill
and industry of mechanics and laborers when
guided by the light which scientific discoveries
have diifused around them. Almost every new
discovery IN nature lays the foundation Of new
art: and Stree tue recent discoveries Of chemis.
try lead to the conviction that the properties
and powers Of material substances are only be-
ginning to be discovered, the resources Of art
must, in some measure keep pace with our
knowledge Of the power Of nature It is by
seiziug on these powers and employing them in
sobseryiency to his designs, that man has been
enabled to perform operations which the whole
united force of mere animal strength could never
have accomplished. Steam, galvanisn, the at.
mospheric pressure, oxygen, hydrogen, and 9th
er natural agents formerly unnoticed or un.
known. have been called into action by the ge
MUS OF science; and, in the form of steamboats,
and carriages voltaic batteries. gasometers, and
air balloons, have generated forces. effected de-
compositions, diffused the most brilliant ilumin
ntions and produced celebrity Of motion, both on
sea and land, which have astonished even the phi
losophical world, and which former generations
would have been disposed to ascribe to the agen
cies OF internal demons. And who shall dare to
set boundaries to the range of scientific discove-
ry. or to say that principle and powers OF still
more wonderful anu energetic nature, shall not
be discovered In the system of nature calculated
to perform achievements still more striking and
magnifeenti Much has, of late years, been per-
formed by the application and combination of
chemical and mechanical powers but much
more, we may confidently expect will be achiey-
ed in generations yet to come. when the physi.
cal universe shall be more extensively explored
and the gates Of the temple of knowledge
thrown open to ALL Future watts Dayys, and
A.kwrights, will doubtless arise, with minds still
more brilliantly illuminated with the lights Of
science, and the splendid inventions Of the pres
eut age be far surpassed in the future miracles
of mechanic power" which will distinguish the
ages which are yet to come. But, in order to this