 By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied....  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 3291823Full view - About this book
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...power so increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it became a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which it can exert and the ease, precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and 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 prodigious... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...delicate manufactures; and its power so increased ai to set Teight and solidity at defiance. By bra admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous...power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick... | |
 | Engineering - 1822 - 184 pages
...acting with any weight that may be ie<quired. 13y his admirable contrivances, it has become a thine; stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can uxert, and the ease, and precision, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...was ascribed to a fcanc;? Jeffrey Esq. — Leston 97.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 223 tures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, and those of a kindred and lamented genius in America,* it has become a thing stupendous alike for... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1824 - 492 pages
...to make it rapable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance....the ease, and precision, and ductility with which it can be varied', distributed, and applied, — The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1824 - 408 pages
...it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so encreased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing alike stupendous for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which it can exert,... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it ha* become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility — for the prodigious power... | |
 | James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance- -that it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility— for the pro Jigious power it can exert, and for the ease, precision, and dexterity with which this power can... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1825 - 508 pages
...delicate manufactures, and Us power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance — that, it has become a thing' stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility — for the prodigiou» power it can exert, and for the ease, precision, and dexterity with which this power can... | |
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