The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone LighthouseT. Nelson and Sons, 1876 - 117 من الصفحات |
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... able to cut in two the marble plug ; and to prevent the upper stone from being lifted , in case its mortar was destroyed , it was fixed down by four trenails . The blocks surrounding the central were dove - tailed together 36 SMEATON'S ...
... able to cut in two the marble plug ; and to prevent the upper stone from being lifted , in case its mortar was destroyed , it was fixed down by four trenails . The blocks surrounding the central were dove - tailed together 36 SMEATON'S ...
الصفحة 48
... able to relieve his father from all expenses connected with his maintenance . It is not to be supposed that a young man with so much strength of purpose and clearness of in- tellect would devote himself only to the mechanical part of ...
... able to relieve his father from all expenses connected with his maintenance . It is not to be supposed that a young man with so much strength of purpose and clearness of in- tellect would devote himself only to the mechanical part of ...
الصفحة 51
... able portion of them , according to the degree of his want of system . Smeaton devoted a portion of his time to the study of French , in order that he might be able to read the valuable scientific treatises contained in that language ...
... able portion of them , according to the degree of his want of system . Smeaton devoted a portion of his time to the study of French , in order that he might be able to read the valuable scientific treatises contained in that language ...
الصفحة 62
... able resolution ; the qualities , in fact , by which great deeds are accomplished . Smeaton , when he ascended the Hoe after a stormy night at sea , had neither eye nor thought for the picturesque beauties or historical associa- tions ...
... able resolution ; the qualities , in fact , by which great deeds are accomplished . Smeaton , when he ascended the Hoe after a stormy night at sea , had neither eye nor thought for the picturesque beauties or historical associa- tions ...
الصفحة 66
... able an engineer . Not but that there was work enough for the highways were in a deplorable condition ; in many districts intercommunication was rendered difficult by the want of sufficient bridges ; in the commercial ports of the ...
... able an engineer . Not but that there was work enough for the highways were in a deplorable condition ; in many districts intercommunication was rendered difficult by the want of sufficient bridges ; in the commercial ports of the ...
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الصفحة 117 - THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE rocky ledge runs far into the sea, And on its outer point, some miles away, The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day.
الصفحة 106 - His mind was as clear as crystal, and his demonstrations will be found mathematically conclusive. To this day there are no writings so valuable as his in the highest walks of scientific engineering ; and when young men ask me, as they frequently do, what they should read, I invariably say, 'Go to Smeaton's philosophical papers; read them, master them thoroughly, and nothing will be of greater service to you.
الصفحة 112 - To the dulling of my spirits : sit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer : he is drown'd Whom thus we stray to find ; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land.
الصفحة 48 - He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he...
الصفحة 117 - A speechless wrath. that rises and subsides In the white lip and tremour of the face . And, as the evening darkens , lo ! how bright , Through the deep purple of the twilight air , Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light , With strange, unearthly...
الصفحة 27 - With that Winstanley went his way, And left the rock renowned, And summer and winter his pilot star Hung bright o'er Plymouth Sound. But it fell out, fell out at last, That he would put to sea, To scan once more his lighthouse tower On the rock o