Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 60
gging down andsubjugation of a physical force. There is only a going out, or up, of geniusto meet and to grasp it. Its universal application means the raising of man-kind to its plane. If electricity be the principle of life, as some suppose,what wonder that we all feel better in an electric-car… … ELECTRIC RAILWAY. THIRD RAIL SYSTEM. that there is already in rapid evolution an electric system which will supersedesteam even for trunk-line purposes. In vision, it presumes a speed of one hun-dred and twenty-five miles an hour instead of forty; greater safety, cleanli-ness, and comfort; and what…
Progress · Inventions
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