A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for Raising Water, Ancient and Modern: With Observations on Various Subjects Connected with the Mechanic Arts: Including the Progressive Development of the Steam Engine ... In Five Books. Illustrated by Nearly Three Hundred EngravingsD. Appleton, 1842 - 582 páginas |
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... Mentioned in a letter of Pliny to Trajan , and by Seneca , Hesychius , and Isidore . Roman fire- men - Frequency of fires noticed by Juvenal - Detestable practice of Crassus - Portable engines in Roman houses - Modern engines derived ...
... Mentioned in a letter of Pliny to Trajan , and by Seneca , Hesychius , and Isidore . Roman fire- men - Frequency of fires noticed by Juvenal - Detestable practice of Crassus - Portable engines in Roman houses - Modern engines derived ...
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... mentioned by Heron - Altar that feeds itself with flame from Heron- Ingenuity displayed by ancient priests - Secrets of the temples - The Spiritalia - Sketch of its contents Curious lustral vase CHAPTER 111 . · 365 - 374 On steam ...
... mentioned by Heron - Altar that feeds itself with flame from Heron- Ingenuity displayed by ancient priests - Secrets of the temples - The Spiritalia - Sketch of its contents Curious lustral vase CHAPTER 111 . · 365 - 374 On steam ...
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... mentioned by Herodotus , that there fell from heaven into the Scythian district , four things made of gold ; a plough , a yoke , an axe , and a goblet . The palladium of Troy , it was said , also , fell down from heaven . It was a small ...
... mentioned by Herodotus , that there fell from heaven into the Scythian district , four things made of gold ; a plough , a yoke , an axe , and a goblet . The palladium of Troy , it was said , also , fell down from heaven . It was a small ...
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... mentioned by Homer , Herodotus , & c . and in the Bible . Maho- met , in the 34th chapter of the Koran , speaks of large cauldrons be- longing to David . Some of those represented at Thebes , appear suf- ficiently capacious to contain ...
... mentioned by Homer , Herodotus , & c . and in the Bible . Maho- met , in the 34th chapter of the Koran , speaks of large cauldrons be- longing to David . Some of those represented at Thebes , appear suf- ficiently capacious to contain ...
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... mentioned by Moses , as in common use among the ancient Canaanites ; some of which at that remote age adjoined roads , for the be- nefit of travelers and the public at large . Indeed , all people who have had recourse to wells , have ...
... mentioned by Moses , as in common use among the ancient Canaanites ; some of which at that remote age adjoined roads , for the be- nefit of travelers and the public at large . Indeed , all people who have had recourse to wells , have ...
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Página 35 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Página 44 - ... and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Página 549 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 51 - And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Página 84 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Página 102 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Página 496 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was-, (but the servants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feast...
Página 67 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket. The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
Página 454 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Página 40 - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?