 By his admirable contrivance, it has 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, with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The...  Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c - Page 2221819Full view - About this book
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 380 pages
...alike for its force, and its flexibility : for the prodigious powers which it can exert, and the ease, precision, and ductility, with which they can be varied,...and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick np a pin, or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metals... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...mirable contrivances, it has become a tiling stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can 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 n ml... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 pages
...and Fulton, the steam-engine has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can 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 rend... | |
 | Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - 1829 - 418 pages
...By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing alike stupendous for its force and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the...which they can be varied, distributed, and applied. " It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits these inventions have conferred upon... | |
 | 1829 - 576 pages
...it can exert, and the case and precision, and ductility, with which it can he varied, distrihuted, and applied. 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 ohdurate metal like wax hefore it, draw... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 pages
...and Fulton, the steam-engine has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can 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 rend... | |
 | 1843 - 854 pages
...become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power whicli it can 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 ti. pin or rend... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pages
...his admirable contrivances it has 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 with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...lamented genius in America,* it has 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 with which it can he varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 502 pages
...flexibility; for the prodigious power which it can exert; and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk...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 before it; draw out, without... | |
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