 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 310 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 128 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place... | |
 | John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place,... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1840 - 256 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly .astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place... | |
 | American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines - 1921 - 735 pages
...contrived to find his way in the face of the northeast monsoon by dead reckoning. 8 He replied that "he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes as Sir Isaac Newton himself, if he were alive." During this dialogue Nathaniel Bowditch, the supercargo, who had taught these sailors... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 pages
...to find his way, in the face of a north-east monsoon, by mere dead reckoning, replied, " that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive." During this conversation, Dr. Bowditch sat, " as modest as a maid, saying not a word,... | |
 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that lie had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landingplace,... | |
 | Dudley Observatory - 1866 - 392 pages
...to find his way, In the face of a north-east monsoon, by mere dead reckoning, replied, " that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir ISAAC NEWTON himself, were he alive." During this conversation, Dr. BOWDITCH sat, "as modest as a maid, saying not a word,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 552 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place,... | |
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Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take and work a lunar observation as well, for all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. 
