 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 pages
...successful. " Never," says one of the inventors, " never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before, as; when all alone in the still room, I heard the...all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be practicable beyond cavil or dispute." Another instrument, most extensively employed, is the recording... | |
 | James Hamilton Fyfe - 1863 - 270 pages
...line of senseless wire. " Never," said Wheatstone, " did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before, as when all alone in the still room I heard the needles...all the magnitude of the invention now proved to be practicable beyond cavil or dispute." A few days before this trial of the telegraph in London, Steinheil,... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1874 - 764 pages
...successful. ' Never,' says one of the inventors, ' never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before, as when, all alone in the still room, I heard the...all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be practicable beyond cavil or dispute.' Great as was the magnitude of the invention — although confined... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...that trembling tongue of steel which will only cease to discourse with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn, touched the keys, and returned...the still room I heard the needles click, and as I spelt the words I felt all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be practical beyond cavil... | |
 | Institution of Electrical Engineers - 1879 - 606 pages
...that trembling tongue of steel which will only cease to discourse with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn, touched the keys, and returned...the still room I heard the needles click, and as I spelt the words I felt all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be practical beyond cavil... | |
 | Park Benjamin - 1886 - 422 pages
...between the two stations. The professor says, ' Never did I feel such tumultuous sensation before, as when, all alone in the still room, I heard the...felt all the magnitude of the invention now proved to he practical beyond cavil or dispute.' The form of telegraph now in use was substituted because of... | |
 | William T. Jeans - 1887 - 356 pages
...that trembling tongue of steel, which will only cease to speak with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn touched the keys and returned the answer. " Never," said Professor Wheatstone, " did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before, as when all alone in the... | |
 | John Munro - 1891 - 314 pages
...which Cooke replied, and ' never,' said Wheatstone, ' did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before, as when, all alone in the still room, I heard the...the words, I felt all the magnitude of the invention pronounced to be practicable beyond cavil or dispute.' In spite of this trial, however, the directors... | |
 | William Fothergill Cooke, Latimer Clark - 1895 - 110 pages
...that trembling tongue of steel which will only cease to discourse with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn, touched the keys and returned...in the still room I heard the needles click; and as 1 spelt the words I felt all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be practical beyond cavil... | |
 | R. W. Burns - 2004 - 658 pages
...thrilled by the importance of what they had done: 'Never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before as when, all alone in the still room, I heard the...the words, I felt all the magnitude of the invention pronounced to be practicable beyond cavil or dispute' [47]. Unfortunately, in spite of this success,... | |
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... with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke, in his turn, touched the keys and returned the answer. ' Never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before... 
