Hidden fields
Books Books
" Or if neither of these ways will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made... "
Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of Their ... - Page 34
by Robert Stuart - 1829
Full view - About this book

The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...

John Wilkins - Cryptography - 1802 - 294 pages
...serve : yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying-chariot ; in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it,...with food for their viaticum* and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of any thing in this kind, that can hinder its motion, if the motive...
Full view - About this book

The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John ..., Volume 1

John Wilkins - Cryptography - 1802 - 292 pages
...will serve : yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying-chariot; in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it,...him through the air. And this perhaps might be made Isrge enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities...
Full view - About this book

The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...

John Wilkins - Cryptography - 1802 - 292 pages
...for a man to fly himself; it being easy from the same grounds, to frame an instrument wherein any one may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him aloft through the air ; than which there is not any imaginable invention, that could prove of greater...
Full view - About this book

The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1817 - 552 pages
...chariot ; in which a man may sit, and give such a motion into it, as shall convey him through the aire. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with foode for their viaticum, and commodities for traffique. -It is not the bignesse of any thing in this...
Full view - About this book

The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 32

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 556 pages
...man may sit, and give such a motion into it, as shall convey him through the aire. And this perbaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with foode for their viaticum, and commodities for traffique. It is not the hignesse of any thing in this...
Full view - About this book

Retrospective Review, Volume 8

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it,...with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of any thing in this kind, that can hinder its motion, if the motive...
Full view - About this book

The Retrospective Review.., Volume 8

Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 pages
...will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it,...with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of any thing in this kind, that can hinder its motion, if the motive...
Full view - About this book

The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 38-39

Fashion - 740 pages
...will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it as shall convey it through the air : and this, perhaps, Probably Wilkins had not seen Borelli's work, might be made...
Full view - About this book

A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulics - 1842 - 638 pages
...will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good ground, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it...and this perhaps might be made large enough to carry diverse men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic" The...
Full view - About this book

A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - Hydraulic machinery - 1842 - 608 pages
...will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good ground, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it...and this perhaps might be made large enough to carry diverse men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic."...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF