 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 sider
...mentions in his quiet, amiable way, going to Durdans, in 1665, and finding an assembly of savans — Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke —...man who tried to establish a universal language, and BO nullify the fatal curee of Babel ; Hooke was an astronomer, who was jealous of Newton, and claimed... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1841 - 638 sider
...three years afterwards, he acquaints us that he was again at Durdans, where be found Dr. \\ ilk ins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke, " contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel to run races in, and other mechanical inventions." He adds, " perhaps three such persons together... | |
 | 1883 - 676 sider
...entry in John Evelyn's Diary, under date 1665, where he says that at Durdans, near Epsom, he found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke " contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, о wheel to run races in, and other mechanical inventions." E. WALFORD, MA Hyde Park Mansions, NW SAMUEL... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 512 sider
...pestilence, still increasing in London and its environs. On my return, I called at Durdans, where I found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke, contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel for one to run races in, and other mechanical inventions ; perhaps three such persons together... | |
 | 1883 - 674 sider
...entry in John Evelyn's Diary, under date 1665, where he says that at Durdans, near Epsom, he found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke "contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel to run races in, and other mechanical inventions." E. WALFORD, MA Hyde Park Mansions, NW SAMUEL... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1898 - 632 sider
...home at Wotton, called at Durdans, near Epsom, and afterwards noted in his " Diary " that he had found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke, "contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheele for one to run races in, and other mechanical inventions ; perhaps three such persons together... | |
 | C. J. Swete - 1860 - 298 sider
...his seat near Epsom, where I have been very merry when I was a little boy." Uurdans, where he found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty and Mr. Hooke, " contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel to run races in, and other mechanical inventions." He adds that, " perhaps three such persons... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 630 sider
...full of old memorials the place is. Pepys mentions (Sept. 1C, 1060) going to St. James's to see tho Duke of York, on Admiralty business, and finding him...wheel to run races in." He adds: "perhaps three such ALL THE YEAR BOUND. [Conducted by persons together were not found elsewhere in Europe for parts and... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 632 sider
...mentions, in his quiet, amiable way, going to Durdans, in 16G5, and finding an assembly of savans — Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke —...such persons together were not found elsewhere in Em-ope for parts and ingenuity." Wilkins was the man who tried to establish a universal language, and... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1878 - 540 sider
...pestilence, still increasing in London and its environs. On my return, I called at Durdans, where I found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke, contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel for one to run races in, and other mechanical inventions ; perhaps three such persons together... | |
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I called at Durdans, where I found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty, and Mr. Hooke, contriving chariots, new rigging for ships, a wheel for one to run races in, and other mechanical inventions ; perhaps three such persons together were not to be found elsewhere... 
