This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was... James Watt and the Steam Engine - Sayfa 1141899 - 192 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 344 sayfa
...also a land-surveyor) thinks this whole passage refers to Mr Watt's improvements on the steam-engine. not only the most profound man of science, the most...the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 sayfa
...this whole passage refers to Mr Watt's improvements on the steam-engine. not only the most profound mm of science, the most successful combiner of powers...the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 sayfa
...world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt—was not only the most profound man of science, the most...and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes,—was not only one of the most generally well-informed,—but one of the best and kindest... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 sayfa
...cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not...of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. In his eighty-fourth year his attention was at every one's question,... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 680 sayfa
...effects of which, extraordinary as they ¿trendy are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, and who was not only the most profound man of science, the...of powers, and calculator of numbers, as adapted to general purposes — was not only one of the mou generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 sayfa
...cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was...the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned of... | |
| 1823 - 228 sayfa
...which , extraordinary as the_y already are , are perhaps only icow beginning to be felt, and •who was not only the most profound man of science , the...of powers , and calculator of numbers as adapted to general purposes , was not only one of the most generally well informed , but one of the best and kindest... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 sayfa
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful combiner of powers,...purposes ; was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 sayfa
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful combiner of powers,...practical purposes; was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 358 sayfa
...extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most refined man of science, the most successful combiner of powers,...purposes ; was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of • the best and kindest of human beings.' " Several gentlemen, who had been... | |
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