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Meanings of mechanical arts in inglês

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Medieval concept of ordered practices or skills, often juxtaposed to the traditional seven liberal arts (Artes liberales)

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Usage of mechanical arts in inglês
1
The inhabitants were intelligent and acquainted with the mechanical arts of Europe.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
2
The mechanical arts in London are carried to a wonderful perfection.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
3
EXPERIMENTAL work in physical science rests ultimately upon the mechanical arts.
On Laboratory Arts
4
The mechanical arts have therefore made no great progress among them.
Over the Teacups
5
Wealth rapidly increased, and all mechanical arts, and all elegant pleasures.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
6
But just as the mechanical arts are practical, so the liberal arts are speculative.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
7
His interest in the mechanical arts and in scientific progress seems never to have abated.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
8
Literature, sciences, and liberal arts had every where public schools; mechanical arts alone were neglected.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
9
Surgery invokes the aid of all the mechanical arts.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
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The same observation applies to the mechanical arts.
Democracy in America — Volume 1
11
Their skill, indeed, in the mechanical arts generally was, it is probable, not more than moderate.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5: ...
12
His sister had placed her son Perdix under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
13
He evidently still practised his old mechanical arts.
John Halifax, Gentleman
14
The independent Scot steadily resisted instruction from foreign and English craftsmen in most of the mechanical arts.
A Short History of Scotland
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But, like other mechanical arts, it was gradually improved by means of many experiments and many failures.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
16
Others are in the mechanical arts, to hammer and chisel your way through life; and success awaits you.
The Abominations of Modern Society
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