 | William Digby - 1901 - 736 pages
...centralising energy. But, though these machines served as outlets for the accelerating movement of the tune, they did not cause that acceleration. In themselves...probably were acquainted with gunpowder ; revolvers and breech-loading cannon existed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and steam had been experimented... | |
 | Hilary Bourdillon - 1994 - 248 pages
...outlets for the accelerating movements of the time, they did not cause the acceleration. . . . The store must always take the shape of money, and money not hoarded but in motion. Before the influx of the Indian treasure, and the expansion of credit which followed, no force sufficient... | |
 | A.R. Desai - 2023 - 482 pages
...in 1785 Cartwright patented the powerloom, and, chief of all, in 1768 Watt matured the steam engine, the most perfect of all vents of centralizing energy....shape of money, and money not hoarded, but in motion. Before the influx of the Indian treasure, and the expansion of credit which followed, no force sufficient... | |
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But though these machines served as outlets for the accelerating movement of the time, they did not cause that acceleration. In themselves inventions are passive, many of the most important having lain dormant for centuries, waiting for a sufficient store... 