The Paradise Within the Reach of All Men, Without Labor, by Powers of Nature and Machinery: An Address to All Intelligent Men. In Two Parts, Bände 1-2Etzler and Reinhold, 1833 |
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The Paradise Within the Reach of All Men, Without Labor, by Powers of Nature ... John A Etzler Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
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Seite 2 - may free himself from almost all the evils that afflict mankind, except death, and even put death far beyond the common period of human life, and finally render it less afflicting: mankind may thus live in, and enjoy a new world far superior to our present,
Seite 51 - Thus we may store up water in some eminent pond, and take out of this store, at any time, as much water through the outlet as we want to employ , by which means the original power may react for many days after it has ceased. To form a proper idea, how long and how
Seite 70 - of every kind that may stand the climate. The walks and roads are -to ,be paved with hard, vitrified large plates so as to be always clean from all dirt at any weather or season. They may be bordered with the most beautiful beds of flowers, fruitful vegetables, bushes,
Seite 76 - floors &c. is to be done by streaming water, the washing of other stuffs by steam. All this requires no work, but is done by slightly moving some crank. Any extraordinary desire of any person may be satisfied by going to the place where the thing is to be had;
Seite 71 - may be supported by the most splendid colonades. The walks may be covered with porticos adorned with magnificent columns, statues, and sculptural works ; all of vitrified substance, lasting for ever, while the beauties of nature around heighten the magnificence and deliciousness. The ponds may also be surrounded by
Seite 80 - are to be baked or cast in one piece, ready shaped in any form that may be desired. The building may therefore consist in columns 200 feet high and upwards, of proportionate thickness, and of one entire piece of vitrified substance. These columns may form
Seite 33 - less than 10 years. The accomplishment of such purposes requires nothing but the raw materials for them, that is to say, iron, cupper, wood, earth chiefly, and a union, of men, whose eyes and understanding are not shut up by preconceptions.
Seite 3 - full extent and meaning of the words, without any wonder, without any hidden power or secret of nature, but by a few most simple contrivances. The basis of my proposals is, that there are powers in nature at- the disposal of man, million times greater than all men
Seite 79 - effected, not by a complicated machinery, but in the most simple way. ■ The character of architecture is to be quite different from what it ever has been hitherto. There are vehicles to be used for moving several thousand
Seite 77 - cooking or baking may be done by the person who desires it. Thus there is no occasion for any work, except the superintendence of the kitchen department and some other machinery, which requires from 1 to 3