Men of Invention and IndustryHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 396 páginas |
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... young . As respects its mechanical and scientific achievements , it is the youngest of all coun- tries . Watt's steam - engine was the beginning of our manufacturing supremacy ; and since its adoption in- ventions and discoveries in art ...
... young . As respects its mechanical and scientific achievements , it is the youngest of all coun- tries . Watt's steam - engine was the beginning of our manufacturing supremacy ; and since its adoption in- ventions and discoveries in art ...
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... young captain , Martin Frobisher , came into notice . At the age of twenty- five he captured in the South Seas the Flying Spirit , a Spanish ship laden with a rich cargo of cochineal . Four years later , in 1569 , he made his first ...
... young captain , Martin Frobisher , came into notice . At the age of twenty- five he captured in the South Seas the Flying Spirit , a Spanish ship laden with a rich cargo of cochineal . Four years later , in 1569 , he made his first ...
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... young man , lent him £ 3 for that purpose , which Pett afterwards repaid . The Constance was of only two hundred tons ' burden . She set sail for the South a few days before Christmas , 1592. There is no doubt that she was bound upon a ...
... young man , lent him £ 3 for that purpose , which Pett afterwards repaid . The Constance was of only two hundred tons ' burden . She set sail for the South a few days before Christmas , 1592. There is no doubt that she was bound upon a ...
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... young Prince Hen- ry , eldest son of his majesty . It was to be a sort of copy of the Ark Royal , which was the flagship of the lord high admiral when he defeated the Spanish Ar- mada . Pett proceeded to accomplish the order with all ...
... young Prince Hen- ry , eldest son of his majesty . It was to be a sort of copy of the Ark Royal , which was the flagship of the lord high admiral when he defeated the Spanish Ar- mada . Pett proceeded to accomplish the order with all ...
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... young prince inspected her with delight . She was christened Disdain by the lord high admiral , and Pett was ap- pointed captain of the ship . After his return to Chatham , Pett , at his own charge , built a small ship at Gillingham ...
... young prince inspected her with delight . She was christened Disdain by the lord high admiral , and Pett was ap- pointed captain of the ship . After his return to Chatham , Pett , at his own charge , built a small ship at Gillingham ...
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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...