 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 556 էջ
...inhaeret : " among us the soot adheres to the funnel'of the chimney, and not to ihe roof or ceiliug. As the houses of the ancients were so smoky, it may...how, by means of smoke, they could dry and harden, not only various articles used as food, but also different pieces of timber employed for making all... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 602 էջ
...subeunt, nigro defonuia fumo ; Ignis in hesterno stipite parvus erat. — Ovid. Fast. lib. v. 505. As the houses of the ancients were so smoky, it may be easily comprehended ho\v, by means of smoke, they could dry and harden, not only various articles used as food, but also... | |
 | William Laxton - 1866 - 466 էջ
...hardened by the smoke." Beckman, in his 'History of Inventions,' quotes a passage inHesiod to the same effect, and adds, " as the houses of the ancients...for ploughs, waggons, and the rudders of vessels. Virgil also says in another place : " Theae long suspend where smoke their strength explores," " And... | |
 | Thomas Allen Britton - 1875 - 446 էջ
...GEOKGICS, i., 225. Beckman, in his ' History of Inventions,' quotes a passage from Hesiod to the same effect ; and adds, " as the houses of the ancients...explores, And seasons into use, and binds their pores." — VIKGIL. The late Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham bestowed much time and attention in endeavouring... | |
 | 1926 - 862 էջ
...purpose. The method must be a very ancient one, for Beckman (85) quotes a passage from Hesiod : — " As the houses of the ancients were so smoky, it may...of smoke they could dry and harden pieces of timber ". Virgil ako seems to have Ь ;n aware of the use of this method : — " Of beech the plough-tail,... | |
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Hesiod to the same effect ; and adds, " as the houses of the ancients were so smoky, it may be easily comprehended how, by means of smoke, they could dry and harden pieces of timber. 