 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 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,...laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles nf mechanic power, which are to aid anH reward the labours of after generation».1' The in -t person... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 260 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,...power, which are to aid and reward the labours of after-generations. It is to the genius of one man, too, that all this is mainly owing ; and certainly... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 502 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 mechanical power, which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations." SECTION II. OF DIVISION... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 524 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 mechanical power, which are to aid and reward the labors of after generations." SECTION II. OF DIVISION... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1838 - 690 pages
...the most refractory qualities of matter, and laid a sure foundation for all those future miracles nf mechanic power, which are to aid and reward the labours of after generations." The first person who appears to have entertained the idea of employing steam for propelling vessels,... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 290 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 this is mainly owing ; and certainly no man ever bestowed such a gift on his kind. The blessing is not only universal, but unbounded ; and the fabled... | |
 | Roads - 1839 - 360 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 all those miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after-generations." But not one... | |
 | Roads - 1839 - 404 pages
...dominion of mind over the most refractory qualities of matter, and laid a sure foundation for all those miracles of mechanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after-generations." But not one of the uses to which steam-power has been applied exceeds, in extent... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 576 pages
..." 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 me" chanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after genera. " tions. It is to the genius... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 574 pages
..." 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 me' chanic power which are to aid and reward the labours of after genera' tions. It is to the genius... | |
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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... 
