 ... may be seen dragging after it, on a rail-road, a hundred tons of merchandise, or a regiment of soldiers, with greater speed than that of our fleetest coaches. It is the king of machines, and a permanent realization of the Genii of Eastern fable, whose...  The Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise - Strana 102podľa Thomas Cooper - 1879 - Počet stránok 304Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 634
...spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. and a small engine, in the character of a steam pony, may be seen, dragging after it, on a railroad, a hundred tons of merchandize, or a regiment of soldiers, with greater speed than that of our fleetest coaches. It is... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1827 - Počet stránok 692
...dragging after it on a fail-road ninety tons of merchandize, or a regiment of soldiers, with speed greater than that of our fleetest coaches. It is the king...supernatural powers were occasionally at the command of man. It is no wonder that the inventor of an engine having such qualities as these, should receive the highest... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1829 - Počet stránok 542
...cotten-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. : and a small engine in the character of a steam poney may be seen dragging after it on a rail-road a hundred tons of merchandize, or a regiment of soldiers, with greater speed than that of our fleetest coaches. It is... | |
 | 1830 - Počet stránok 592
...a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. ; and a small engine, in the character of a steam poney, may be seen dragging after it on a rail-road a hundred tons of merchandize, or a regiment of soldiers, with greater speed than that of our fleetest coaches. It is... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - Počet stránok 424
...a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. ; and a small engine, in the character of a steam poney, may be seen dragging after it on a railroad a hundred...supernatural powers were occasionally at the command of man *." In addition to those difficulties which his unrivalled mechanical ingenuity enabled him to surmount,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - Počet stránok 438
...weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &.c, &.c ; and a small engine, in the character of a sleaar poney, may be seen dragging after it on a railroad a hundred...powers were occasionally at the command of man.'* In addition to those difficulties which his unrivalled mechanical ingenuity enabled him to surmount,... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - Počet stránok 348
...cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c ; and a small engine in the character of a steam pony may be seen dragging after it on a railroad a hundred...coaches. It is the king of machines, and a permanent realisation of the genii of Eastern fable, whose supernatural powers were occasionally at the command... | |
 | 1837 - Počet stránok 538
...; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. ; and a small engine, in the character of a steam-pony,...supernatural powers were occasionally at the command of man. In order, however, that the steam-engine may perform these wonders, and work in any of the capacities... | |
 | 1837 - Počet stránok 260
...kind; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. ; and a small engine, in the character of a steam-pony,...supernatural powers were occasionally at the command of man. In order, however, that the steam-engine may perform these wonders, and work in any of the capacities... | |
 | Herbert Mayo - 1838 - Počet stránok 360
...it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, SEC. ; and a small engine in the character of a steam-pony...supernatural powers were occasionally at the command of man." In order, however, that the steam-engine may perform these wonders, and work in any of the capacities... | |
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