 Greene then invited to her house gentlemen from different parts of the state; and on the first day after they had assembled, she conducted them to a temporary building which had been erected for the machine, and they saw with astonishment and delight...  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 1361854Full view - About this book
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...astonishment and delight, that more cotton could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single hand, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many mouths. An invention so important to the agricultural interest (and, as it has proved, to every department... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...astonishment and delight, thai more cotton could be separated from the'seed in one -day, by the labour ef a single hand, than could be done in the usual manner in th* space of many months. The indifidval, however, who contributed mostto incite Whitney to persevere... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1832 - 630 pages
...they saw with astonishment and delight, lhat more cotfort could be separated from the seed in orte day, by the labour of a single hand, than could be done in the visual manner in the spfce of many months. The'lndividual, however, who contributed rtiostfo incite... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1833 - 570 pages
...after they had assembled, she conducted them to a temporary building which had been erected for die machine, and they saw with astonishment and delight,...could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single hand, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many months. An invention... | |
 | 1833 - 426 pages
...astonishment and delight, that more cotton could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single hand, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many months. The individual, however, who contributed most to incite Whitney to persevere in the undertaking was... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...delight, that more cotton could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single band, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many months. An invention so important to the agricultural interest (and, as it has proved, to every department... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...delight, that more cotton could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single band, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many months. An invention so important to the agricultural interest (and, as it has proved, to every department... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...admitted into his workshop, who knew in what way he was employing himself. The many hours he «pent in his mysterious pursuits afforded matter of great...in the usual manner in the space of many months. We learn from the Encyclopaedia Americana that the machine which Mr Whitney thus constructed, consisted... | |
 | George Savage White - 1836 - 508 pages
...before. Mrs. Green invited to her house gentlemen from different parts of the state, and on the next day after they had assembled, she conducted them to...labour of a single hand, than could be done in the former manner in the space of many months. Mr. Whitney might now have indulged in bright reveries of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...astonishment and delight that more cotton could be separated from the seed in one day, by the labor of a single hand, than could be done in the usual manner in the space of many months. The machine which Mr. Whitney thus constructed, consisted chiefly of a process of circular saws, which,... | |
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