 | 1842 - 634 pages
...combustibles ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires ; and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...equally active in all climates ; and will do work of any kiind ; it is a water pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller,... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1827 - 692 pages
...; — it consumes none While idle ; — it never tires, and wants no sleep ; — is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...— it is equally active in all climates, and will work at any thing ; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith,... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1829 - 542 pages
...combustible; — it consumes none while idle; — it never tires, and wants no sleep; — it is not subject to malady when originally well made; and only refuses...kind; — it is a water pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotten-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. : and a small engine in the character of... | |
 | 1830 - 592 pages
...it consumes none while idle ; — it never tires, and it wants no sleep ; — it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...climates, and will do work of any kind ; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. ; and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 438 pages
...— it consumes none while idle, — it never tires, and wants no sleep ; — it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...climates, and will do work of any kind; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &.c, &.c ; and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...— it consumes none while idle, — it never tires, and wants no sleep ; — it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...climates, and will do work of any kind ; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. ; and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1831 - 436 pages
...— it consumes none while idle, — it never tires, and wants no sleep ; — it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...climates, and will do work of any kind ; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c. ; and... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...combustible ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses...all climates, and will do work of any kind ; it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. &c ; and a... | |
 | Periodicals - 1837 - 260 pages
...it is obedient to the hand of a child: — it never tires, and wants no sleep; it is not subject to malady, when originally well made; and only refuses...climates, and will do work of any kind; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. ; and a small... | |
 | 1837 - 538 pages
...horses, it is obedient to the hand of a child: it 182 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINES J85 worn out with age ; It U equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind ; — it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c. ; and a small... | |
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Its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal, or other combustible ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active... 
