| 1834 - 614 sivua
...power so m* creased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and...of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend an oakj is •aS nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 sivua
...defiance. By his admirable contrivances, and those of a kindred and lamented genius in America,* it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and...ease and precision and ductility with which it can he varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak... | |
| Charles Williams - 1836 - 194 sivua
...power may be so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. Through the genius of Watt it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the immense power which it can exert, and the ease and precision with which it can be raised, distributed,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1837 - 524 sivua
...has commonly been ascribed to Francis Jeffrey, Esquire, of Edinburgh : " It (the steam engine) has become a thing, stupendous alike for its force and...prodigious power which it can exert ; and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1837 - 502 sivua
...has commonly been ascribed to Francis Jeffrey, Esquire, of Edinburgh : " It (the steam engine) has become a thing, stupendous alike for its force and...prodigious power which it can exert; and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant,... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 260 sivua
...power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied,... | |
| François Arago - 1839 - 290 sivua
...power so increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and...which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. * First published in an Edinburgh newspaper, (the Scotsman,) of the 4th September 1819. The trunk of... | |
| John Campbell - 1839 - 424 sivua
...discovered, the career of improvement began; and this fearful element has become a thing alike stupendous for its force and its flexibility; for the prodigious...precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, and distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing... | |
| Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 sivua
...admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility,—for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease,...which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. * First published in an Edinburgh newspaper, (the Scotsman,) of the 4th September 1810. The trunk of... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1839 - 298 sivua
...it has become a thing alike stupendous for its force mid its flexibility ; for the prodigious power it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distribnted, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is as nothing... | |
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