 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 - 1890 - 414 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 of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, and rend an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before... | |
 | 1892 - 200 pages
...Engine. " It has become," he says, " a thing stupendous, alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which it can exer.t, 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... | |
 | 1899 - 206 pages
...By his admirable contrivances it 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... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 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 it can be varied, distributed, and applied. ... It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate... | |
 | William Hickman Smith Aubrey - 1897 - 322 pages
...him, " His remarkable contrivance has become a thing stupendous alike in its force and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease and precision and dignity with which that power can be distributed and applied." Just after the commencement of Queen... | |
 | 1899 - 730 pages
...prodigious power that 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,... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 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 it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 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 it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 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... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...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...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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