Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Volumen 16,Número 136 -Volumen 18,Número 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... called it , " water transformed into air by the action of fire , " was of course known to the ancients , and was used for various ordinary purposes in the arts . The first description , however , of the application of steam as a ...
... called it , " water transformed into air by the action of fire , " was of course known to the ancients , and was used for various ordinary purposes in the arts . The first description , however , of the application of steam as a ...
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... called , with that of steam pressure ; using the first to raise the water thirty feet , and then the other to raise it thirty feet or more additional ; and when it is considered that , in the actual working engine , there was not only ...
... called , with that of steam pressure ; using the first to raise the water thirty feet , and then the other to raise it thirty feet or more additional ; and when it is considered that , in the actual working engine , there was not only ...
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... called because it enabled him to scog or play truant from his work , and afterwards improved by the substitution of rods for strings . The steam - engine was now entirely self - working ; the only attendant necessary was the fireman to ...
... called because it enabled him to scog or play truant from his work , and afterwards improved by the substitution of rods for strings . The steam - engine was now entirely self - working ; the only attendant necessary was the fireman to ...
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... called to the subject by the model of Newcomen's engine sent him for repair . During these two years he had been employing all his leisure hours on the congenial work , performing his experiments in a delft manu- factory at the ...
... called to the subject by the model of Newcomen's engine sent him for repair . During these two years he had been employing all his leisure hours on the congenial work , performing his experiments in a delft manu- factory at the ...
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... called to the improvements on Newcomen's steam - engine effected by the Glasgow surveyor , immediately formed a connexion with him , sharing the patent as Dr Roebuck had formerly done . Almost the first business of the partners was to ...
... called to the improvements on Newcomen's steam - engine effected by the Glasgow surveyor , immediately formed a connexion with him , sharing the patent as Dr Roebuck had formerly done . Almost the first business of the partners was to ...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts William Chambers,Robert Chambers Vista completa - 1846 |
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Página 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Página 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Página 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Página 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Página 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Página 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...