 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and the ease, precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick np a pin, or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metals... | |
 | Luke Herbert - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...alike wonderful for its force and flexibility; for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and for the ease and precision, and ductility, with which it can be varied, distributed, or applied." The prominent part it now assumes in all branches of commerce demands that every one who... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 202
...Mr. Jeffray, in his eloquent memoir of Watt, " has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and flexibility, for the 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,... | |
 | 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 944
...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...the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a tiling stupendous alike, for its force and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can...the ease, and precision and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend... | |
 | 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...stupendous alike for its force and flexihility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, precision, and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. Thy trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pen or rend an oak, i* as nothing to it. Ft can engrave... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 418
...at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing alike stupendous for its force and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can...the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed, and applied. " It would be difficult to estimate the value of the... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...it has become a thing alike stupendous 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, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | Elijah Galloway - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 890
...alike wonderful for its forco and flexibility; for the prodigious power which it can exert, and for the ease and precision, and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, or applied." Notwithstanding the intense interest which must attach to this subject in every rational... | |
 | 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 854
...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 power whicli it can exert, and the ease and precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed,... | |
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By his 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, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied.... 
