 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 its power so increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 689by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846Full view - About this book
 | 1823 - 946 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1842 - 634 pages
...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... | |
 | 1819 - 490 pages
...his admirable contrivances, it has 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 with which they can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | 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...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility,— fur the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility... | |
 | 1819 - 780 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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
...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 - 494 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupeadous alike for its force . and its flexibility; for the prodigious... | |
 | 1820 - 450 pages
...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...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... | |
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