 Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks all ears listen, and every mind is filled with wonder at the things he pronounces to be practicable. He has cut a mile through bogs, which he binds up, embanking them with stones, which he gets out...  James Brindley and the Early Engineers - Page 270by Samuel Smiles - 1864 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - Intellectuals - 1830 - 452 pages
...elements subservient to his will. He is as plain a looking man as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks all ears...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...elements subservient to his will. He is as plain a looking man as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks all ears...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...plain a looking man as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters: but when he speaks ail ears listen, and every mind is filled with wonder...the hill Yelden on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | William Jerdan - Great Britain - 1834 - 410 pages
...Harecastle tunnel. " He is as plain a looking man," says he, " as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks, all ears...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | William Jerdan - Great Britain - 1834 - 418 pages
...practicable. He has cut a mile through bogs, which he binds up, embanking them with stones which be gets out of other parts of the navigation ; besides...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sacks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...elements subservient to his will. He is as plain a looking man as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks all ears...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | Self-culture - 1840 - 298 pages
...embanking them with stones, which he gets out of other parts of the navigation ; besides, he has penetrated about a quarter of a mile into the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...elements subservient to his will. He is as plain a looking man as one of the boors of the Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks all ears...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | George L. Craik - Self-culture - 1858 - 894 pages
...Peak, or one of his own carters ; but when he speaks, all ears listen, and every VOL. i. 2 A inind is filled with wonder at the things he pronounces...the hill Yelden, on the side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through a pipe the damps that would... | |
 | Henry Howe - Technology & Engineering - 1858 - 524 pages
...listen, and every mind is filled with wonder at the things he pronounces to be practicable. He has CM', a mile through. bogs which he binds up, embanking...about a quarter of a mile into the hill Yelden, on tht side of which he has a pump, which is worked by water, and a stove, the fire of which sucks through... | |
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