 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
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 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... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 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... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...contrivance it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility; for the prodis;ious 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... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - 1864 - 468 pages
...of the steam-engine, says that—' It is a tiling 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... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - 1864 - 472 pages
...of the steam-engine, Bays that — ' 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... | |
 | Illinois State Agricultural Society - 1865 - 1022 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 oat, without... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease asd 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,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...THE STEAM-ENGINE. — 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... | |
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