Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air... Science - Page 2931917Full view - About this book
| Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1798 - 472 pages
...\ " Soon (hall thy arm, Unconquer'd Steam ! afar I3rag the flow barge, or drive the rapid car; 290 Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move ;... | |
| 1801 - 606 pages
...difcoveries feem to be fail realifing the predictions of the poet : " Soon shall thy arm, UNCONQUERED STEAM ! afar " Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...car; • " Or on wide-waving wings, expanded, bear " Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. < " — Fair ctews triumphant, leaning from above,... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1805 - 224 pages
...cupreous circles cramp, And with quick fall his massy hammers stamp. Soon shall thy arm, unconguer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid...bear The flying-chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move } Or... | |
| Edmund Butcher - 1805 - 482 pages
...capital invention of modern times, the steamengine, is worked ! Soon shall thine arm, UNCONQLUER'D STEAM ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear Thy flying chariot through the fields of air. ]*air crews, triumphant... | |
| Samuel Parkes - Chemistry - 1814 - 584 pages
...have no idea. In America vessels are already navigated by steam. " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." — DAEWIK. The steam-engine,... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 pages
...should anticipate the still farther extension of this useful power : — Soon shall thy arm, uncanquer'd steam ! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide waving wings expanded bear The flying charriol through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant,... | |
| Cadwallader David Colden - Naval architects - 1817 - 406 pages
...disordered imagination when he exclaimed, " Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar " Drag (he slow barge or drive the rapid car, " Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear " The flying chariot through the fields of air."* * Darwin. " The connexion between Livingston and Fulton... | |
| Charles Frederick Partington - Steam-engines - 1822 - 474 pages
...CHARLES FREDERICK PARTINGTON, A OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION. Cl » C • " Soon shall thy arm, unconquerM Steam ! afar! Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air." Darni*. Illustrated by Thirteen Engravings and Diagrams.... | |
| Technology - 1825 - 428 pages
...merchandize U is proposed to supersede entirely the necessity of horse Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. power in all public wagons, stage and DARWIN, mail coaches,... | |
| Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...(" lil r , PRINTER. MECHANICS' MAGAZINE. * Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam! afar Drag the alow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air. Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above. Shall wave their... | |
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