 | Samuel Neil - 1865 - 344 pages
...cannot of itself rectify, it warns its attendants by ringing a bell ; yet, with all these talents and qualities, and even when exerting the power of six...child ; its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal, or other combustibles ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 232 pages
...the speed of our fleetest horsecoach. Its aliment is coal, -wood, charcoal, or other combustibles; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and...; and only refuses to work when worn out with age. Yet, with all these talents and qualities, and, even when exerting a force equal to hundreds of horses,... | |
 | John Jacobs Thomas - 1869 - 324 pages
...warns its attendants by ringing a bell ; yet, with all these qualities, and even when exerting a force of six hundred horses, it is obedient to the hand of a child. Its aliment is coal, wood, and other combustibles. It -consumes none while idle. It never tires, and wants no sleep. It is not... | |
 | 1970 - 584 pages
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 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1830 - 700 pages
...of itself rectify, it warns its attendants by ringing a bell : — yet, with all these talents and qualities, and even when exerting the power of six...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 to... | |
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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 old age ; it is equally active... 
