 South sea, far excel most of the Americans in the knowledge and practice of the arts of ingenuity, and yet they had not invented any method of boiling water ; and having no vessel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made...  Elementary Economic Geography - Page 20by Charles Redway Dryer - 1916 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Robertson - America - 1780 - 570 pages
...had not invented any method of boiling water; and having no veflel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made folid. Voyages by Hawkefworth, i, 466. 484. NOTE LVI. p. 186. f\ NE of thefe boats, which could carry... | |
 | 1794 - 524 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water; »nd having no veflél that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made folid. • METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, February 1794. [ See the Explanation, Vol. 92, Page in. ] OlSBR.... | |
 | John Walker - Atlases - 1795 - 806 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water ; and, having no veflVl that could bear the file, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made fblid. The only quadrupeds found. upon the illand, are hogs, domcftic dogs, and rats, which the inhabitants... | |
 | John Walker - Geography - 1801 - 978 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water; and, having no veficl that could bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made folid.Thconly quadrupeds found upon the illiuul, are hogs, domeUic dogs, and rats, which the inhabitants... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 424 pages
...had not invented any method of boiling water; and having no vessel thai would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made solid. .Voyages by Hawkesworth, i, 466. 484. NOTE LVII. p. 178. One of these boats, which could carry nine... | |
 | William Robertson - 1803 - 454 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water ; and having no vefTel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made folid. Voyages by Hawkefworth, i. 466. 484. •7 * NOTE LVII. p. 186. ONE of thefe boats, which could... | |
 | William Robertson - 1811 - 502 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water ; and having no vessel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made solid. Voyages by Hawkesworth, i. 466. 484. NOTE LXXXIV. p. 351. One of these boats, which could carry nine... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 620 pages
...had not invented any method of boiling water; and having no vessel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made solid. Voyages by Hawkesworth, i, 466, 484. NOTE LXXXIV. p. SS7. ONE of these boats, which could carry nine... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 490 pages
...not invented any method of boiling water ; and having no vessel that would bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could be made hot, than that it could be made solid. Voyages by Hawkesworth, i, 466, 484. NOTE LXXXIV, p. 327. ONE of these boats, which could carry nine... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 444 pages
...had not invented any method of boiling water; and having no vessel that could bear the fire, they had no more idea that water could, be made hot, than that it could be made solid. Voyages by Hawkesworth, i. 466. 484. NOTE LVIL p. 186. ONE of these boats, which could carry nine men,... | |
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