 Amidst this company stood Mr 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...  Life of James Watt - Page 85by François Arago - 1839 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1830 - 480 pages
...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 machinery produced a change in the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - 502 pages
...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 feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manufactures to rise as the rod of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...reaourcea to a degree perhaps even beyond hi* own stupendous ^owera of calculation MH! t-jwnbinnuon ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the summit of the earth — giving the feeble arm of man the momentum of an Af rite— commanding manufacture*! to arise, ai the rod of... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...of multiplying oar 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 feeble arm of man, the momentum of an Afrite : commanding manufactures to arise, as the rod of... | |
 | Edmund Bellchambers - 1835 - 426 pages
...of multiplying our natural resources in 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 tbe feeble arm of man the momratum of an Afrite; commanding tufactures to arise, as the rod of the... | |
 | 1836 - 748 pages
...calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the surface 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 the Desert ; affording the means of dispensing with that... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1837 - 528 pages
...calculation and combination ; bringing the treasures of the abyss to the surface 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 the desert ; affording the means of dispensing with that... | |
 | Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...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 feeble arm of man the momentum of an * See Lord Jeffrey's Notice of Mr. Watt's character, given... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 576 pages
...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 feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding manu" factures to arise as the rod... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 574 pages
...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 feeble arm of man the momentum of an Afrite — commanding rnanu" factures to arise as the rod... | |
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