... or crew, sped swiftly to the remotest ends of earth, bringing back merchandise. Next, paddle-wheels descend from Roman days. In the thirteenth century Roger Bacon, from his experiments with gunpowder, glimpsed the internal combustion engine, and the... Old-time makers of medicine - Page 415de James Joseph Walsh - 1911 - 446 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Frédéric Ozanam - 1897 - 536 pages
...navigation, machines may be constructed such that the largest vessels, directed by a single man, shall traverse rivers and seas more rapidly than if they were filled with oarsmen ; also, carriages may be made, which without horses, shall move with inconceivable swiftness. It is... | |
| Richard Davey - 1906 - 538 pages
...governed by a single man unto which the largest of our vessels are mere cockleshells and which can traverse rivers and seas more rapidly than if they were filled with oarsmen. We may also make carriages which, without the aid of animals, will run with immeasurable rapidity."... | |
| 1907 - 728 pages
...that one of the great applications of such a force would be for transportation. Accordingly, he said : "Art can construct instruments of navi.gation such...which, without the aid of any animal, will run with im•measurable swiftness." When we recall that the very latest things in transportation are motor-boats... | |
| 1917 - 742 pages
...with explosives, that : ''Art will construct instruments of navigation such that the largest vessel governed by a single man will traverse rivers and seas more rapidly that if they were filled with oarsmen. One may also make carriages which without the aid of any animal... | |
| James McKeen Cattell - 1927 - 622 pages
...gunpowder, glimpsed the internal combustion engine, and the means of fulfilling the Homeric desire. He wrote "Art can construct instruments of navigation such...more rapidly than if they were filled with oarsmen." A steamboat had probably been suggested by 1651, and built by 1738, and we have patents with descriptions... | |
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