A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for Raising Water, Ancient and Modern: With Observations on Various Subjects Connected with the Mechanic Arts: Including the Progressive Development of the Steam Engine ... In Five Books. Illustrated by Nearly Three Hundred EngravingsGreeley & McElrath, 1842 - 582 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... iron ; as Demetrius at his lathe , Æropus making lamps and tables , Charles V. in his watchmaker's shop ; and if some bizarre examples are wanted , there is still to be seen the mantua - making apart- ments of Ferdinand VII . with ...
... iron ; as Demetrius at his lathe , Æropus making lamps and tables , Charles V. in his watchmaker's shop ; and if some bizarre examples are wanted , there is still to be seen the mantua - making apart- ments of Ferdinand VII . with ...
ix. oldal
... iron cauldron of great antiquity : similar in shape to those used in Egypt in the time of Rameses -- Often referred to in the Bible and in the Iliad - Grecian , Roman , Celtic , Chinese and Peruvian cauldrons - Expertness of Chinese ...
... iron cauldron of great antiquity : similar in shape to those used in Egypt in the time of Rameses -- Often referred to in the Bible and in the Iliad - Grecian , Roman , Celtic , Chinese and Peruvian cauldrons - Expertness of Chinese ...
xvi. oldal
... iron coffins- Casting sheet lead - Solder - Leaden books - Roofs covered with lead - Invention of rolled lead- Lead sheathing . Leaden pipes : of great antiquity -- Made from sheet lead by the Romans - Ordi- nance of Justinian - Leaden ...
... iron coffins- Casting sheet lead - Solder - Leaden books - Roofs covered with lead - Invention of rolled lead- Lead sheathing . Leaden pipes : of great antiquity -- Made from sheet lead by the Romans - Ordi- nance of Justinian - Leaden ...
2. oldal
... iron , transported it in masses that astound us , and used them in the erection of stupendous buildings , apparently with the facility that modern workmen lay bricks , or raise the lintels of doors . The machines by which they were ...
... iron , transported it in masses that astound us , and used them in the erection of stupendous buildings , apparently with the facility that modern workmen lay bricks , or raise the lintels of doors . The machines by which they were ...
4. oldal
... iron one , was an incomparably better man , than that or any other mere warrior : and so was he , who , according to Herodotus , constructed an artificial foot for Hegisostratus.a Notwithstanding the opinion of Plato - we believe a ...
... iron one , was an incomparably better man , than that or any other mere warrior : and so was he , who , according to Herodotus , constructed an artificial foot for Hegisostratus.a Notwithstanding the opinion of Plato - we believe a ...
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571. oldal - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
44. oldal - ... and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
400. oldal - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
40. oldal - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
95. oldal - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
44. oldal - Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
67. oldal - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket. The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
518. oldal - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was-, (but the servants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feast...
428. oldal - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
85. oldal - They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the...