 ... which wait for no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements...  James Watt - Page 237by Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 241 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 pages
...high-pressure steam is substituted for inflamed gunpowder.* Without tracing the various steps by which this " potent commander of the elements, — this abridger of time and space," has acquired its present high degree of perfection, it may be enough in the present place to state... | |
 | 1839 - 474 pages
...man, — and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements, — this abridger...which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt, — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 154 pages
...man, — and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements, — this abridger...which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only beginning to be felt, — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...no man — and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to... | |
 | Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements—this abridger of time and space— this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 574 pages
...man — and of sailing without that wind which defied the " command and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the •' elements — this...magician, whose cloudy " machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, ex" traordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 576 pages
...man — and of sailing without that wind which defied the " command and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the " elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy ' machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, ex' traordinary as they are, are, perhaps, only now beginning to... | |
 | Boyman Boyman - 1840 - 212 pages
...for no man; and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 670 pages
...no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself.* This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1842 - 414 pages
...no man ; and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger...magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change m the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps are only now beginning to be... | |
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