 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 Seiten
...Again. In the description of the power of the steam-engine, a late writer says : " 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,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 Seiten
...Again. In the description of the power of the steam-engine, a late writer says : " 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,... | |
 | Frederick ROWTON - 1846 - 366 Seiten
...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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave " a seal, and crush obdurate masses of metal " before it — draw... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 Seiten
...precision, and ductility, with which that power can be 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 before it—draw out, without... | |
 | James Pagan - 1847 - 266 Seiten
...necessary, and soon spread over the civilised world. In the words of Lord Jeffrey, ' ' 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 like wax before it, —... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 Seiten
...precision, and ductility, with which that power can be 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 before it — draw out,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 418 Seiten
...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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave u seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it ; draw out, without... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 408 Seiten
...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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it; draw out, without... | |
 | Frederick Rowton - 1850 - 334 Seiten
...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 an oak, is as nothing to it. It can engrave " a seal, and crush obdurate masses of metal " before it ; draw out,... | |
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... and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into... 
