 | George Combe - Human beings - 1803 - 280 pages
...completed when a more awful hurricane burst upon them than the most experienced had ever braved. . . In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury...the commander could have saved one man to tell the tale."t On many occasions the crews of fishing- boats have been *Vol. II., p. 196; Jan., 1820. lost... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1813 - 448 pages
...amidst the general consternation, even the trumpet sounded in vain. On that awful night, but for a little tube of mercury, which had given the warning,...strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of her commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale." PUMPS. 542. There is a philosophical experiment,... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1827 - 692 pages
...human voice could be heard, and, amidst the general consternation, even the trumpet sounded in vain. In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury which had given the warning, neither the extraordinary strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of the commander, would have saved... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1829 - 542 pages
...human voice could be heard, and, amidst the general consternation, even the trumpet sounded in vain. In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury...the commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale. On the following morning the wind was again at rest, but the ship lay upon the yet heaving waves,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...awful night, but for the little tube of mercury which had given the warning, neither the extraordinary strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of the commander, would have saved one man to tell the tale. On the following morning the wind was again at rest, but... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1830 - 308 pages
...amidst the general consternation, even the trumpet sounded in vain. On that awful night, but for a little tube of mercury, which had given the warning,...strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of her commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale." Arnot' s Elements of Physics. Pumps. There... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...human voice could be heard, and, amidst the general consternation, even the trumpet sounded in vain. In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury which had given the warning, neither the extraordinary strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of the commander, would have saved... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...no human voice could be heard, and amidst the general consternation even the trumpet sounded m vain. In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury...the commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale. On the following morning the wind was again at rest, but the ship lay upon the yet heaving waves,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1832 - 700 pages
...completed, when a more awful hurricane burst upon them than the most experienced had ever braved.'" " In that awful night. but for the little tube of mercury...the commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale*." If Providence supplied the deficiencies of human skill when the limits of individual knowledge... | |
 | George Combe - Constitution (Philosophy) - 1835 - 418 pages
...completed, when a more awful hurricane burst upon them than the most experienced had ever braved." — " In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury...the commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale."* One of the most instructive illustrations of the connexion between the different natural laws... | |
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In that awful night, but for the little tube of mercury which had given the warning, neither the strength of the noble ship, nor the skill and energies of the commander, could have saved one man to tell the tale. 
