 | 1823 - 944 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with ax power to which no limits can be assigned, completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter,...generations. It is to the genius of one man too that nil this is mainly owing; and certainly no man ever before bestowed such a gilt on his kind. The blessing... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter;...a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanick power which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations. It is to the genius of... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter,...all those future miracles of mechanic power, which arc to aid and reward the labours of after generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labour of after generations. QUESTIONS. — 1. What is the principle of the diving bell ? 2. What were... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned, completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter, and laid a sure foundation for those future miracles of mechanical power, whish are to aid and reward the labours of after generations.... | |
 | 1829 - 576 pages
...feehle hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can he assigned, completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter,...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the lahours of after -generations. It is to the genius of one man too, that all this is mainly owing ;... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 pages
...man, in short, with a power to which no limits can he assigned, completed the dominion of mind over matter, and laid a sure foundation for all those future...of mechanic power, which are to aid and reward the labour of aftergenerations. It is to the genius of one man too, that all this is mainly owing, and... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter...of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labour of after generations. QUESTIONS. — 1. What is the principle of the diving bell ? 2. What were... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 576 pages
..." the feeble hand of man with a power to which no limits can be assigned — completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter,...aid and reward the labours of after generations." The first person who appears to have entertained the idea of employing steam for propelling vessels,... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter...those future miracles of mechanic power which are to add to and reward the labours of after-generations. Already it has become a thing alike stupendous... | |
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It has armed the feeble hand of man, in short, with a power to which no limits can be assigned ; completed the dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter ; and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles of mechanic power which... 
