 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...  German Composition - Page 99by Hermann Lange - 1883 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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...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,... | |
 | 1842 - 634 pages
...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 to the finest...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... | |
 | 1819 - 490 pages
...capable 'of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufacures, and its power so increased as o set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and Ilex bility; for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease and precision and ductility... | |
 | 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
...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...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which it cau exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility,... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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...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
...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 - 450 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pages
...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 to the finest...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility,... | |
 | 1820 - 482 pages
...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...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility,... | |
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