...the project of making the voyage direct from Liverpool to New York was perfectly chimerical, and that they might as well talk of making a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon. When the project of establishing steam communication between the Old World and the New was started,...

...project of making tile voyage direct from Liverpool to New York was perfectly chimerical, and that they might as well talk of making a voyage from New York or Liverpool to tho mum. AVIieii the project of establishing steam communication between the Old World and tbf \tw...

...hesitation in saying, perfectly chimerical, and they miyht as well talk of making a voyage from Neiv York or Liverpool to the moon. The vessels which would...those of 800 tons, which would carry machines of 200 horse-power, and would be able to stow 400 tons of coal. To supply a 10 horse-power, daily required...

...possibility of a steamship making a trip from Valentia in Ireland, to St. Johns, in Newfoundland, he added, " As to the project, however, which was announced in...a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon." Upwards of forty years have passed away since this dictum was uttered by a man of science, yet it still...

...stated in Liverpool, that, "As to the pro" ject, however, which was announced in the news" papers, of making the voyage directly from New " York to Liverpool,...voyage from New York or " Liverpool to the moon." Dr. Lardner was not the only eminent man who expressed himself after this fashion. It shows us how...

...voyage by steam alone directly from New York to Liverpool was perfectly chimerical, and that persons might as well talk of " making a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon." The shipbuilders of the old school held back as long as possible from taking the leap in the dark which...

...addressing a Liverpool andience, said — ' As to the project which was announced in the newspape rs of making the voyage directly from New York to Liverpool,...a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon.' That declaration cannever be more fitly recalled than at a time like Oaf, when marine engines admit...

...the project of direct steam intercourse between that port and New York was " perfectly chimerical ; they might as well talk of making a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon." Some half dozen years afterwards, Dr. Lardner proceeded to the United States by the system of navigation...

...from New York to Liverpool, it was, he had no hesitation in saying, perfectly chimerical, and that they might as well talk of making a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon."* He strongly urged dividing the transit by using Ireland as one of the intermediate steps, and going...

...the newspapers, of making a voyage direct from New York to Liverpool (by steamship), it is, I have no hesitation in saying, perfectly chimerical, and...a voyage from New York or Liverpool to the moon." (Dr. Dionysins Lanlner, author of Lardner's Encyclopedia, in a lecture at Liverpool, December, 1R35.)...