 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 sivua
...obdurate metal before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves." * Examples. 1. Behold my... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sivua
...seal, and erush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It ean embroider muslin and forge anehors — eut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against... | |
 | A. E. Pearce - 1851 - 116 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it,—draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air,—embroider muslin, and forge anchors,—cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against... | |
 | George Grant (author of Panorama of science.) - 1852 - 268 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war, like a bauble, in the air It can embroider muslins, and forge anchors ; cut steel intoribbands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 620 sivua
...; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of wai like a banble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the wiuds and waves." eduction-pipe, communicating... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sivua
...metal before it- — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a shipof-war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would bo difficult to... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 sivua
...breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like 54 THE MECHANICAL POWEBS. [SECT. II. a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to... | |
 | 1855 - 708 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like was before it ; draw out, without breaking. * thread as fine as gossamer ; and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1855 - 640 sivua
...crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer ; and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
 | 1855 - 712 sivua
...obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer; and lid a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
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It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax, before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, — cut steel into... 
