| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter;...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. It is to the genius of one 44« man, too, that all this is mainly owing... | |
| 1853 - 454 Seiten
...over the most refractory qualities of mutter, and laid a sure foun* Encyclopedia Britannica. dation for all those future miracles of mechanic power, which...aid and reward the labours of after generations." In 1780, Watt invented a machine for copying letters and drawings; and in the winter of 1784 contrived... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 650 Seiten
...be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter ; and kid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of...all this is mainly owing ! And certainly no man ever bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal, but unbounded ; and the fabled... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1856 - 686 Seiten
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| Thomas Dick - 1857 - 892 Seiten
...Jeffrey," the feeble hand of man with a power to which no limits can be assigned—completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter,...aid and reward the labours of after generations." The first person who appears to have entertained the idea of employing steam for propelling vessels,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 Seiten
...of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of miud over the most refractory qualities of matter; and...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations. — Lord Jeffrey. 4. IGNORANCE OF GREAT PHYSICAL TRUTHS. — How few men... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1857 - 292 Seiten
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter...a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanical power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations." SECTION II. OP DIVISION... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...magnificently the field of its exertions, but multiplied a thousandfold the amount of its productions. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing. And certainly no man ever bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal but unbounded ; and the fabled... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 Seiten
...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the lahors of after generations. It is to the genins of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing ! And certainly no man ever bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal, but unbounded ; and the fabled... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1858 - 656 Seiten
...hand of man, in short, with a power to " which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion " of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter...all this is mainly owing ; and certainly no man ever " bestowed such a gift on his Mnd. The blessing is not only " universal, but unbounded ; and the fabled... | |
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