| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 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...the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1857 - 292 sivua
...steamengine, which has commonly been ascribed to the late Lord Jeffrey : — " 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,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 sivua
...admirahle contrivance, it has hecome a thing stupendous alike for its foree and its flexihility — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can he varicd, distrihuted, and applicd. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 sivua
...on errands round the heavens. — Quarterly Review. 3. Tun STEAM-ENGINE. — It has become a thirg stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility,...for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the case and precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of... | |
| Graduated series - 1859 - 462 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...the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of au elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 sivua
...fleecy messenger0 on errands round the heavens. — Quarterly Review. 3. TILE STEAM-ENGINE. — It has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and...for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the case and precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 sivua
...on the same subject, the steam-engine, which 1 will read to you. 12. The Steam-engine. — "It 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 applied1. The trunk of an elephant,... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 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...the ease, and precision, and ductility with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 sivua
...its 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 its flexibility; for the prodis;ious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 sivua
...power BO increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and...the ease, and precision, and ductility with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
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