The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway LocomotiveHarper, 1868 - 501 páginas |
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... mind is merely bewilder- ed by them , and can form no adequate notion of their magni- tude . To reckon them singly would occupy twenty years , count- ing at the rate of one a second for twelve hours every day . Or take another ...
... mind is merely bewilder- ed by them , and can form no adequate notion of their magni- tude . To reckon them singly would occupy twenty years , count- ing at the rate of one a second for twelve hours every day . Or take another ...
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... minds of the nation , always on the alert — the “ schemers ” and the " projectors , " to whom society has in all times been so greatly indebted - proceeded to apply themselves to the solution of the problem of how the communications of ...
... minds of the nation , always on the alert — the “ schemers ” and the " projectors , " to whom society has in all times been so greatly indebted - proceeded to apply themselves to the solution of the problem of how the communications of ...
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... mind to make the experiment himself , and he would often tell us with what admiration he was seized when he was carried with a quick wind and yet perceived it not , the coach's motion be- ing equally quick . ” * The sailing - coach ...
... mind to make the experiment himself , and he would often tell us with what admiration he was seized when he was carried with a quick wind and yet perceived it not , the coach's motion be- ing equally quick . ” * The sailing - coach ...
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... minds to work upon . The idea of employing steam in locomotion was revived from time to time , and formed the subject of ... mind of Erasmus Darwin was inflamed by the idea of a " fiery chariot , " and he pressed his in this part of the ...
... minds to work upon . The idea of employing steam in locomotion was revived from time to time , and formed the subject of ... mind of Erasmus Darwin was inflamed by the idea of a " fiery chariot , " and he pressed his in this part of the ...
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... mind teemed with speculation on all subjects , from zoonomy , botany , and physiology , to physics , æsthetics , and ... minds a - thinking and speculating on science and the meth- ods for its advancement . From his " Loves of the Plants ...
... mind teemed with speculation on all subjects , from zoonomy , botany , and physiology , to physics , æsthetics , and ... minds a - thinking and speculating on science and the meth- ods for its advancement . From his " Loves of the Plants ...
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