The Library of American Biography, Volume 10Harper, 1856 - United States |
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Page 35 - Blasco de Garay, a sea captain, exhibited to the emperor and king, Charles the Fifth, in the year 1543, an engine, by which ships, and vessels of the larger size, could be propelled, even in a calm, without the aid of oars or sails. Notwithstanding the opposition, which this project encountered, the emperor resolved, that an experiment should be made, as in fact it was with success, in the harbor of Barcelona, on the 17th of June, 1543. " Garay never publicly exposed the construction of his engine;...
Page 251 - You shall swear truth to God, your prince, and country ; you shall do nothing but to the glory of God and the good of the action in hand, and harm to no man.
Page 37 - Garay to a higher station, gave him a sum of money (200,000 maravedies) as a present, ordered all the expenses of the experiment to be paid out of the general treasury, and conferred upon him other rewards.
Page 179 - ... veneration for Joseph Warren, whose memory is endeared to his countrymen, and to the worthy in every part and age of the world, so long as virtue and valor shall be esteemed among men.
Page 57 - Fulton had attempted to obtain a supply by the sale of one third of the exclusive right granted by the State of New York. No person was found possessed of the faith requisite to induce him to embark in the project. Those who had rejected this opportunity of investment, were now the witnesses of the completion of the scheme, which they had considered as an inadequate security for the desired funds. Within a few days from the time of the first experiment with the steamboat, a voyage was undertaken...
Page 123 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Page 36 - Until Watt had completed the structure of the double-acting condensing engine, the application of steam to any but the single object of pumping water, had been almost impracticable. It was not enough, in order to render it applicable to general purposes, that the condensation of the water should take place in a separate vessel, and that steam should itself be used, instead of atmospheric pressure, as the moving power; but it was also necessary that the steam should act as well during the ascent as...
Page 37 - Ravago, an enemy to the project, said it would move two leagues in three hours. It was very complicated and expensive, and exposed to the constant danger of bursting the boiler. The other commissioners affirmed that the vessel could be tacked twice as quick as a galley, served by the common method, and that at its slowest rate it would move a league in an hour. ' The exhibition being finished, Garay took from the ship his engine, and having deposited the woodwork in the arsenal of Barcelona, kept...
Page 79 - Glasgow shipped several bales of goods to certain merchants in New York, and both the bill of lading and the invoice were in the names of the latter, and expressed the shipment to be on their account and risk. It appeared, however, by a letter found on board, that the...
Page 187 - He possessed the combinations rare enough of talent, invincible courage, patience and fortitude under suffering, daring, enterprise tempered by prudence, promptness and decision, united with calm reflection, sagacity, fertility of invention, strong common-sense, combined with enthusiasm and vivid imagination, the power of commanding other minds, joined to gentleness of manner and ready sympathy.