 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 be felt — was...  A Popular History of Science - Page 299by Robert Routledge - 1881 - 673 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1899 - 206 pages
...of which, extraordinary as they are, perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science — the most successful combiner...purposes — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the kindest of human Beings. " There he stood, surrounded by the little band... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 698 pages
...which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 480 pages
...of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little baud I have mentioned of Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own... | |
 | William Jacks - 1901 - 260 pages
...which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner...purposes, — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood, surrounded by the... | |
 | William Henry Doolittle - 1903 - 550 pages
...of 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...practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally wellinformed, but one of the best and kindest of human beinga." The first practical application of... | |
 | James Lumsden - 1903 - 360 pages
...felt, was perhaps not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of power and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally wellinformed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood surrounded by the little... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 262 pages
...numbers, as-adapted to practical purposes — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own opinions, than the national... | |
 | James Lumsden - 1905 - 388 pages
...felt, was perhaps not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of power and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. "There he stood surrounded by the little... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers, and combiner of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes — was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little... | |
 | 1919 - 434 pages
...of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — was one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood surrounded by the chosen band of Northern literati, not less tenacious of their own fame than the national regiments... | |
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