The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone LighthouseT. Nelson and Sons, 1876 - 117 من الصفحات |
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... summer only that men could labour on that wind- swept , wave - worn rock- was occupied in ex- cavating twelve holes , and fastening as many irons in them , to serve for the superstructure . 22 PROGRESS OF THE WORK . Very slowly and ...
... summer only that men could labour on that wind- swept , wave - worn rock- was occupied in ex- cavating twelve holes , and fastening as many irons in them , to serve for the superstructure . 22 PROGRESS OF THE WORK . Very slowly and ...
الصفحة 39
... labour in vain that build it . " It was in this spirit that the great engineer entered upon and accomplished his wonderful enterprises ; and it is in this spirit that each of us should go through our daily toil , as if feeling ourselves ...
... labour in vain that build it . " It was in this spirit that the great engineer entered upon and accomplished his wonderful enterprises ; and it is in this spirit that each of us should go through our daily toil , as if feeling ourselves ...
الصفحة 52
... labour of man to prevent the sea from recovering its own . At Amsterdam he saw with delight and sur- prise its admirable harbour and spacious docks . In Smeaton's time , London had no accommoda- tion of this description , and the ...
... labour of man to prevent the sea from recovering its own . At Amsterdam he saw with delight and sur- prise its admirable harbour and spacious docks . In Smeaton's time , London had no accommoda- tion of this description , and the ...
الصفحة 64
... as the harbinger of safety . It might even seem as if Providence had placed the reef so far out at sea as the foundation for a beacon such as this , leaving it to man's skill and USEFULNESS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE . 65 labour to finish His.
... as the harbinger of safety . It might even seem as if Providence had placed the reef so far out at sea as the foundation for a beacon such as this , leaving it to man's skill and USEFULNESS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE . 65 labour to finish His.
الصفحة 85
... field of invention , however , it must be owned that he was completely surpassed by James Watt , the superior merit of whose con- densing engine notwithstanding the time and 86 A LESSON FOR THE READER . labour Smeaton had.
... field of invention , however , it must be owned that he was completely surpassed by James Watt , the superior merit of whose con- densing engine notwithstanding the time and 86 A LESSON FOR THE READER . labour Smeaton had.
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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