 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
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pages
...for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the case 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 ob'durate metal before it ; draw out,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 440 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,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 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... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...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 that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of au elephant, that can pick up a pin... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1859 - 430 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... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1858 - 452 pages
...exert ; and the ease, precision, and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and apolied. 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... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 424 pages
...delicate manufactures; while its power may be so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. 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, or crush a mage of iron. It can draw out a filament, without... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...exert', and the ease, precision, and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied1. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin' or rend an oak1, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal', and crush masses of obdurate metal before it7 ;... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 488 pages
...it has become a thing alike stupendous 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, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or rend... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 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... | |
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