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... Steam- · The American Boy and the Engine 140 European Boy 59 • George Stephenson and the Moral Courage Cautionary Verses to Youth Honor among Thieves 60 Locomotive . 143 · 61 The Mail - Coach and the Rail . 146 • 63 The Railroad 147 ...
... Steam- · The American Boy and the Engine 140 European Boy 59 • George Stephenson and the Moral Courage Cautionary Verses to Youth Honor among Thieves 60 Locomotive . 143 · 61 The Mail - Coach and the Rail . 146 • 63 The Railroad 147 ...
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... steam . My uncle , who had served in such a way that he was entitled to promotion to the highest honors , was at this time pensioned as a simple sub - lieutenant . But you should have seen him with his uniform , his cross of St. Louis ...
... steam . My uncle , who had served in such a way that he was entitled to promotion to the highest honors , was at this time pensioned as a simple sub - lieutenant . But you should have seen him with his uniform , his cross of St. Louis ...
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... STEAM - ENGINE . IT was some time in 1764 that the Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University desired Watt to repair a pretty model of Newcomen's steam - engine . This model was at first a plaything to Watt and Robinson , then a ...
... STEAM - ENGINE . IT was some time in 1764 that the Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University desired Watt to repair a pretty model of Newcomen's steam - engine . This model was at first a plaything to Watt and Robinson , then a ...
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... steam is let into the bottom of the cylinder while the piston remains in it ; the steam expands ; and , of course , up goes the piston . Now , by the application of cold , the steam becomes a little drop of water ; then down drops the ...
... steam is let into the bottom of the cylinder while the piston remains in it ; the steam expands ; and , of course , up goes the piston . Now , by the application of cold , the steam becomes a little drop of water ; then down drops the ...
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... steam ; and carry another from it to the condenser , to condense the steam , as in the lower parts , the thing is done ; and the principle of the steam - engine , as we now work it , was established . The steam is admitted alternately ...
... steam ; and carry another from it to the condenser , to condense the steam , as in the lower parts , the thing is done ; and the principle of the steam - engine , as we now work it , was established . The steam is admitted alternately ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 265 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Página 282 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees...
Página 67 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.
Página 263 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here for evermore.
Página 266 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Página 266 - Nevermore.' 'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting 'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Página 269 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Página 269 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 267 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 267 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.