 We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so...  The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Page 171by Reuben Percy - 1826Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 946 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1842 - 634 pages
...in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor ; for it was by him, that its action was so regulated, as to make it capable of being applied...increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...inventor. It was by bis inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being dpplied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance*, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility,— fur the... | |
 | 1819 - 780 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his ad* This notice of the character of Mr Watt appeared first in the Scotsman newspaper. It follows so... | |
 | 1819 - 708 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and ils power so increased as to let weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it... | |
 | 1820 - 496 pages
...utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his investigation that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupeadous alike for its force . and its flexibility; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1820 - 482 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...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... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its iiiventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...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... | |
 | 1820 - 450 pages
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
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