It has lengthened life ; it has mitigated pain ; it has extinguished diseases ; it has increased the fertility of the soil ; it has given new securities to the mariner ; it has furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries... Proceedings - Page 739by American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1881Full view - About this book
| 1846 - 512 pages
...warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges, of form unknown to our forefathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power... | |
| 1837 - 538 pages
...has furnished new arms to the warrior; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day; it has extended the range of the human vision; it has multiplied the power of... | |
| 1837 - 608 pages
...furnished new arms to the 'warrior; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges ' of form unknown to our fathers; it has guided the thunderbolt...to earth ; it has lighted up the night ' with the splendour of the day ; it has extended the range of the 'human vision ; it has multiplied the power... | |
| 1838 - 822 pages
...estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously (rum heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with...vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles; it has accelerated motion; it has annihilated distance; it has facilitated intercourse, correspondence,... | |
| 1838 - 870 pages
...ю the warrior; it has spanned great men and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to oar father«; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven...with the splendor of the day ; it has extended the racee of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles; it has accelerated motion;... | |
| 508 pages
...warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges, of form unknown to our forefathers; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power... | |
| John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 pages
...warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges, of form unknown to our forefathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt...vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles; it has accelerated motion ; it has annihilated distance ; it has facilitated intercourse,... | |
| Alonzo Potter - Agricultural innovations - 1841 - 484 pages
...warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges, of form unknown to our father^ ; it has guided the thunderbolt innocuously from heaven...vision ; it has multiplied the power of the human muscles ; it has accelerated motion ; it has annihilated distance ; it has facilitated intercourse,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1843 - 520 pages
...furnished new arms to the warrior ; it has spanned great rivers and estuaries with bridges of form unknown to our fathers ; it has guided the thunderbolt...heaven to earth ; it has lighted up the night with the splendour of the day ; it has extended the range of the human vision ; it has multiplied the power... | |
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