Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics, Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, Etc. Etc. Relating to the Mechanic ArtsJ. C. Derby, 1856 - 482 páginas |
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... operation to protect the defenceless . As has been aptly observed , " the strife of trade has superseded the strife of war , " the clash and din of arms has given place to the busy hum of industry , the ringing of the anvil , the melody ...
... operation to protect the defenceless . As has been aptly observed , " the strife of trade has superseded the strife of war , " the clash and din of arms has given place to the busy hum of industry , the ringing of the anvil , the melody ...
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... operation , some in the vessel , and others on the shore . The emperor and prince , and others with them , applauded the engine , and especially the expertness with which the ship could be tacked . The trea- surer Ravago , an enemy to ...
... operation , some in the vessel , and others on the shore . The emperor and prince , and others with them , applauded the engine , and especially the expertness with which the ship could be tacked . The trea- surer Ravago , an enemy to ...
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... operations from the time the thought first occurred to him , until the completion of the boat so far as to make numerous experiments on the Delaware , the sub- sequent alterations made , and the final abandonment of the scheme by the ...
... operations from the time the thought first occurred to him , until the completion of the boat so far as to make numerous experiments on the Delaware , the sub- sequent alterations made , and the final abandonment of the scheme by the ...
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... operations , ' yet was determined to forego the pleasure , and borrowed a horse for the purpose of visiting Rocky Hill , a parish in Wethersfield , where there were a great number of coasters . The object of this visit was to engage a ...
... operations , ' yet was determined to forego the pleasure , and borrowed a horse for the purpose of visiting Rocky Hill , a parish in Wethersfield , where there were a great number of coasters . The object of this visit was to engage a ...
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... operation , by the presentment of a conductor ; nor did he exhibit on such bodies as were brought near him any of the other usual evidences of being charged with clectricity . If the electricity had been created in the electric by the ...
... operation , by the presentment of a conductor ; nor did he exhibit on such bodies as were brought near him any of the other usual evidences of being charged with clectricity . If the electricity had been created in the electric by the ...
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Página 404 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Página 44 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Página 43 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity.
Página 51 - We had scarce opened our letters and put our press in order, before George House, an acquaintance of mine, brought a countryman to us, whom he had met in the street inquiring for a printer. All our cash was now expended in the variety of particulars we had been obliged to procure, and this countryman's five shillings, being our first-fruits, and coming so seasonably, gave me more pleasure than any crown I have since earned ; and the gratitude I felt toward House has made me often more ready than...
Página 45 - ... gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus...
Página 41 - I also sometimes jumbled my collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order before I began to form the full sentences and complete the subject. This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults and corrected them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy that in certain particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language,...
Página 293 - Its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal, or other combustible ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind ; it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c.
Página 143 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Página 45 - I went for a draught of the river water ; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Página 41 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it.