 | 1842 - 634 pagina’s
...he, 'you would never guess : it is the vapour of boiling water. His name,' continued he, ' is Salomon de Caus. He came from Normandy, four years ago, to present a memorial to the king of the wonderful effect of steam for turning machinery, driving carriages, and... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1847 - 544 pagina’s
...' you would never guess — it is the vapour of boiling water. His name,' continued he, 'is Salomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy, four years ago, to present a memorial to the King of the wonderful effect of steam for turning machinery, driving carriages, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - 1778 - 392 pagina’s
...is the use of steam." I burst out laughing. "His name," continued the keeper, "is Solomon de Cans. He came from Normandy, four years ago, to present a memoir to the King, on the subject of the marvelous effects to be obtained by his invention: according to him, machinery could be moved by it,... | |
 | History - 1849 - 270 pagina’s
...application of boiling water.' I burst out laughing. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' calls himself Solomon De Caus; he came from Normandy four years ago to present to the king a treatise upon the wonderful effects of steam. Cardinal Richelieu dismissed this madman... | |
 | R. T. Claridge - 1849 - 238 pagina’s
...the use of the steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. 'This man,' continued the keeper, 'is named Solomon de Caus; he came from Normandy, four years ago, to present to the A Medical Education does not necessarily assist in the knowledge of Hydropathy; on the contrary,... | |
 | 1849 - 274 pagina’s
...application of boiling water.' I burst out laughing. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' calls himself Solomon De Caus ; he came from Normandy four years ago to present to the king a treatise upon the wonderful effects of steam. Cardinal Richelieu dismissed this madman... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pagina’s
...Solomon de Cans, a celebrated Frenchman, who was imprisoned by Cardinal Richelieu. He came from Normandy to present a ' Memoir to the King,' on the subject...other wonders produced. The Cardinal sent away the man without listening to him. But de Caus7 undiscouraged, followed him from place to place, so that... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 pagina’s
...use of the steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. ' This man,' continued the keeper, 'is named Solomon de Caus; he came from Normandy four years ago, to present to the King a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 576 pagina’s
...use of the steam of boiling water.' I began to laugh. ' This man,' continued the keeper, ' is named Solomon de Caus ; he came from Normandy four years ago, to present to the King a statement of the wonderful effects that might be produced from his invention. To listen... | |
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His name,' continued the keeper, ' is Solomon de Caus. He came from Normandy, four years ago, to present a memoir to the king on the subject of the marvellous effects to be obtained by his invention. According to him, machinery could be moved by it, carriages... 
