Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... successful experi- ments , first on Dalswinton Lake , and then on the Forth and Clyde Canal . Fulton and Bell afterwards showed the power of steamboats in navigating the rivers of America and Britain . After various experiments , it was ...
... successful experi- ments , first on Dalswinton Lake , and then on the Forth and Clyde Canal . Fulton and Bell afterwards showed the power of steamboats in navigating the rivers of America and Britain . After various experiments , it was ...
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... success . " The squadron with which he sailed for South America consisted of five vessels , the largest of which , the Peli- can , was only of one hundred tons ' burden ; the next , the Elizabeth , was of eighty ; the third , the Swan ...
... success . " The squadron with which he sailed for South America consisted of five vessels , the largest of which , the Peli- can , was only of one hundred tons ' burden ; the next , the Elizabeth , was of eighty ; the third , the Swan ...
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... success of the defence was due to tact , courage , and seamanship . At the first contact of the fleets , the Spanish towering galleons wished to close , to grapple with their contemptuous enemies , and crush them to death . " Come on ...
... success of the defence was due to tact , courage , and seamanship . At the first contact of the fleets , the Spanish towering galleons wished to close , to grapple with their contemptuous enemies , and crush them to death . " Come on ...
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... success have they with their skill , and carefully keep so precious a pearl , lest otherwise amongst many friends some foes attain unto it . " The late Peter Rolt , member for Greenwich , took pride in being descended from the Petts ...
... success have they with their skill , and carefully keep so precious a pearl , lest otherwise amongst many friends some foes attain unto it . " The late Peter Rolt , member for Greenwich , took pride in being descended from the Petts ...
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... successful , it would destroy their occupation , seized the boat , with its machine , and bar- barously destroyed it . Papin did not repeat his exper- iment , and died a few years later . The next inventor was Jonathan Hulls , of ...
... successful , it would destroy their occupation , seized the boat , with its machine , and bar- barously destroyed it . Papin did not repeat his exper- iment , and died a few years later . The next inventor was Jonathan Hulls , of ...
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