 Watt, the man whose genius discovered the means of multiplying our national resources to a degree perhaps even beyond his own stupendous powers of calculation and combination; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth — giving the...  Historical Eloge of James Watt - Page 120by François Arago - 1839 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...abyss to the summit of the earth—giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite—commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced...threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space—this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth — giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water, in thedesert, affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man, and of... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...read the following character of the great inventor of the steam engine:— 335 the momentum of the Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the...commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent com* mander of the elements — this abridger of time and ipace — this magician, whose cloudy machinery... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth. Giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of the Afrite — commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert—affording the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man ; and of sailing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth—giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite —commanding manufactures to arise, as the...threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space—this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change... | |
 | 1830 - 480 pages
...ahyss to the surface of the earth ; giren the feehle arm of man the momentum of an Afrite; commanded manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert; afforded the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man, and with its cloudy... | |
 | 1830 - 524 pages
...abyss to the surface of the earth; given the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite ; commanded manufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert ; afforded the means of dispensing with that time and tide which wait for no man, and with its cloudy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...— giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Af rite— commanding manufacture*! to arise, ai the rod of the prophet produced water in the desert,...with that time and tide which wait for no man, and of railing without that wind which defied the commands and threat* of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander... | |
 | Edmund Bellchambers - 1835 - 426 pages
...summit of the earth ; giving tbe feeble arm of man the momratum of an Afrite; commanding tufactures to arise, as the rod of the prophet produced water...means of dispensing with that time and tide which weit for miman, and of sailing without that wind which defied tbe commands and threats of Xerxes himself.... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 574 pages
...the earth — giving " the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding rnanu" factures to arise as the rod of the prophet produced water...and of sailing without that wind which defied the " command and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the •' elements — this abridger... | |
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