 It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands,...  Historical Eloge of James Watt - Page 170by François Arago - 1839 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 450 pages
...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 an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out,... | |
 | 1820 - 494 pages
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war,... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...exert, and the ease, and precision, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before the sun ;... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...exert and the ease, precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied, distributed, aud applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metals like wax before it; draw... | |
 | 1821 - 444 pages
...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 an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out,... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - 1822 - 774 pages
...exert, and the ease, and precision, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before the sun ;... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...which it can uxert, and the ease, and precision, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or tend an oak, is us nothing to it It can engrave the hide of a thin drinking glass, aiid crush masses... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...exert, and 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...without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...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 an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it, draw out,... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it, draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war... | |
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