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... took one article of furniture after another , and threw them on the fire , in spite of the entreaties of his family ; and at last success crowned his efforts . A long cry of joy echoed through the vaulted cellar , and made itself heard ...
... took one article of furniture after another , and threw them on the fire , in spite of the entreaties of his family ; and at last success crowned his efforts . A long cry of joy echoed through the vaulted cellar , and made itself heard ...
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... took one article of furniture after another , and threw them on the fire , in spite of the entreaties of his family ; and at last success crowned his efforts . A long cry of joy echoed through the vaulted cellar , and made itself heard ...
... took one article of furniture after another , and threw them on the fire , in spite of the entreaties of his family ; and at last success crowned his efforts . A long cry of joy echoed through the vaulted cellar , and made itself heard ...
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... took it , and after reading some pages , said , - " This man is by no means crazy ; and in my country , instead of shutting him up , we would have made his fortune . Bring him here : I wish to question him . " He returned from this ...
... took it , and after reading some pages , said , - " This man is by no means crazy ; and in my country , instead of shutting him up , we would have made his fortune . Bring him here : I wish to question him . " He returned from this ...
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... took care to provide himself with a pencil , and in copying what he saw of the springs , he succeeded in understanding their plan . A few days afterwards , he constructed one of wood , of which the mechanism was very exact . Soon after ...
... took care to provide himself with a pencil , and in copying what he saw of the springs , he succeeded in understanding their plan . A few days afterwards , he constructed one of wood , of which the mechanism was very exact . Soon after ...
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... took much interest ; but he abandoned the work , on ac- count of its extreme slowness of progress . Voltaire , sharing in the feelings of admiration demonstrated on all sides for this really remarkable man , has justly compared him to ...
... took much interest ; but he abandoned the work , on ac- count of its extreme slowness of progress . Voltaire , sharing in the feelings of admiration demonstrated on all sides for this really remarkable man , has justly compared him to ...
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The Book of Illustrious Mechanics of Europe and America Edouard Foucaud Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1849 |
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