“Soon shall thy arm, unconquer’d steam! afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the field of air.”

The Botanic Garden (1791), Part i, Canto i, line 289.

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English physician, botanist; member of the Lunar Society 1731–1802

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