Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ...Derby & Jackson, 1858 - 482 páginas |
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... side of the ship . The experi- ment was made on a ship of 209 tons , arrived from Calibre , to discharge a cargo of wheat at Barcelona ; it was called the Tri- nity , and the captain's name was Peter de Scarza . By order of Charles V ...
... side of the ship . The experi- ment was made on a ship of 209 tons , arrived from Calibre , to discharge a cargo of wheat at Barcelona ; it was called the Tri- nity , and the captain's name was Peter de Scarza . By order of Charles V ...
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... side of the question-- " perhaps , " he says , " a little for dispute sake . " His antagonist had always the greater plenty of words ; but Franklin thought that , on this occasion in particular , his own arguments were rather the ...
... side of the question-- " perhaps , " he says , " a little for dispute sake . " His antagonist had always the greater plenty of words ; but Franklin thought that , on this occasion in particular , his own arguments were rather the ...
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... side to side through the river , without any other conductor than the water - an experiment which we have some time since performed to the amazement of many . A turkey is to be killed for dinner by the electrical shock , and roasted by ...
... side to side through the river , without any other conductor than the water - an experiment which we have some time since performed to the amazement of many . A turkey is to be killed for dinner by the electrical shock , and roasted by ...
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... side of Market - street , where the driving of twelve saws in heavy frames , sawing at the rate of one hundred feet of marble in twelve hours , made a great show and excited much attention . I thought this was sufficient to convince the ...
... side of Market - street , where the driving of twelve saws in heavy frames , sawing at the rate of one hundred feet of marble in twelve hours , made a great show and excited much attention . I thought this was sufficient to convince the ...
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... side , did not , at that early day , form , as they now do , a continuous hive of mechanical industry , enterprise , and skill , where every sort of material , and even the most minute subdivision of handicraft ingenuity , can be ...
... side , did not , at that early day , form , as they now do , a continuous hive of mechanical industry , enterprise , and skill , where every sort of material , and even the most minute subdivision of handicraft ingenuity , can be ...
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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.
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 45 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 54 - ... year's instruction in a Latin school, and that when very young, after which I neglected that language entirely. But when I had attained an acquaintance with the French, Italian, and Spanish, I was...
Página 45 - ... my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance. Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut...
Página 125 - Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, This strange...
Página 279 - ... had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable clearness of the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the...
Página 275 - It regulates with perfect accuracy and uniformity the number of its strokes in a given time, counting or recording them, moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work, the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler, the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute precision as to time and manner ; it oils its joints ; it takes out any air which may accidentally...
Página 45 - I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way. I joined them, and thereby was led into the great...
Página 66 - Without my having made any application for that honor, they chose me a member, and voted that I should be excus'd the customary payments, which would have amounted to twenty-five guineas; and ever since have given me their Transactions gratis. They also presented me with the gold medal of Sir Godfrey Copley...