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... The Elements of Political Economy - Página 79por Francis Wayland - 1840 - 441 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1823 - 946 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it, draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war... | |
| 1842 - 634 páginas
...weight and solidity at defiance. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war,... | |
| 1819 - 490 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. it can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as line as gossamer, and lift a ship of war... | |
| 1825 - 458 páginas
...for its force and its flexibility,— fur the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility with which it can be varied,...engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war... | |
| 1819 - 610 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is аа nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses...— draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like n bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors,... | |
| 1819 - 780 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it, draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war... | |
| 1820 - 496 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it , draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer; and lift a ship of war... | |
| 1820 - 450 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as a gossamer, and lift a ship of... | |
| 1820 - 494 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before it ; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war,... | |
| Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 páginas
...varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal like wax before the sun ; it can draw out, without breaking, a thread an fine as a gossamer, and lift... | |
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