 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 310 pages
...seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble...ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the wind and waves. "It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions... | |
 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 304 pages
...seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it— draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble...ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the wind and waves. "It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...metal before it- — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a shipof-war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would bo difficult to... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like 54 THE MECHANICAL POWEBS. [SECT. II. a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to... | |
 | 1855 - 708 pages
...or crush masses of obdurate metal like was before it ; draw out, without breaking. * thread as fine as gossamer ; and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1855 - 640 pages
...or 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, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
 | 1855 - 712 pages
...obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer; and lid a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider, forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waves." It... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...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,...embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and the waves.' JOHN HOWARD. JOHN HOWAKD,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble...embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 pages
...of obdurate •etal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as nssamer ; and lift a ship of war, like a bauble, in the air....embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded veaaels against the fury of the winds and the waves.' JOHN HOWARD. JOHN HOWARD,... | |
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The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal... 
