Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... establish royal dock- yards - first at Woolwich , then at Portsmouth , and , thirdly , at Deptford - for the erection and repair of ships . Before then England had been principally de- pendent upon Dutchmen and Venetians , both for ...
... establish royal dock- yards - first at Woolwich , then at Portsmouth , and , thirdly , at Deptford - for the erection and repair of ships . Before then England had been principally de- pendent upon Dutchmen and Venetians , both for ...
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... established many new branches of industry . * Five years later , in 1572 , the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew took place in France , during which the Ro- man Catholic bishop Péréfixe alleges that one hundred thousand persons were put to ...
... established many new branches of industry . * Five years later , in 1572 , the Massacre of St. Bar- tholomew took place in France , during which the Ro- man Catholic bishop Péréfixe alleges that one hundred thousand persons were put to ...
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... established in this reign . " Ships , colonies , and commerce " began to be the national motto - not that colonies make ships and commerce , but that ships and commerce make colonies . Yet what cockle - shells of ships our pioneer ...
... established in this reign . " Ships , colonies , and commerce " began to be the national motto - not that colonies make ships and commerce , but that ships and commerce make colonies . Yet what cockle - shells of ships our pioneer ...
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... established prejudice -that iron must necessarily sink in water - long con- tinued to prevail against its employment . The first iron vessel was built and launched about a hundred years since by John Wilkinson , of Bradley Forge , in ...
... established prejudice -that iron must necessarily sink in water - long con- tinued to prevail against its employment . The first iron vessel was built and launched about a hundred years since by John Wilkinson , of Bradley Forge , in ...
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... established trade and manufacture , " that of making condensing steam - engines , which had become of great importance towards the close of his life . Two records exist of paddle - wheel steamboats hav- The First Practical Steamboats ...
... established trade and manufacture , " that of making condensing steam - engines , which had become of great importance towards the close of his life . Two records exist of paddle - wheel steamboats hav- The First Practical Steamboats ...
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Página 205 - But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages...
Página 98 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To have thy prince's grace yet want her Peers...