 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
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1877 - 154 pages
...steamengine] "has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and flexibility, the prodigous power 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... | |
 | Young people - 1877 - 696 pages
...it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility with which it can be varied, dis-tributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1878 - 312 pages
...the prodigious power which it can exert ; and the ease, 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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal hefore it ; draw out, without... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 pages
...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 that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
 | 1878 - 650 pages
...rendered to the human family. It has rendered ten thousand others, and promises still to increase them. " 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 before it ; draw out, without... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 434 pages
...flexibility, for the prodigious power it can exert, and the ease and 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. O It can draw out without breaking a thread as fine as gossamer," and lift a ship... | |
 | Historical reader - 1880 - 212 pages
...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 that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
 | Manfred Powis Bale - 1880 - 122 pages
...words of a celebrated writer, — " It is 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... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 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 with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 232 pages
...prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility with which that power 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,... | |
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