 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 oldal
...Jeffrey on the same subject, the steam-engine, which I will read to you. 12. The Steam-engine. — "It has become a thing stupendous alike for its force' and its flexibility1 ; for the prodigious power which it can exert', and the ease, precision, and ductility... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 oldal
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By this admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility—for... | |
 | 1865 - 976 oldal
...succeeded in towering above all the eminent engineers who had preceded him. " It was by his invention that the action of the steam engine was so regulated...delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to net weight and solidity at defiance." The path of life through which a wise Providence led James Watt... | |
 | Illinois State Agricultural Society - 1865 - 1022 oldal
...portion of our subject than to introduce the appropriate remarks of Francis Jeffrey: "The steam engine has become a thing stupendous alike for its force...prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 oldal
...its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventvr. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power BO increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 oldal
...its "utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his invention that its action was so regulated, as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures,, nnd its power so increased, as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1869 - 324 oldal
...its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions, that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1869 - 480 oldal
...seems to be endowed almost with intelligence, — to be almost " a thing of life." " Its action is so regulated, as to make it capable of being applied...increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. It has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and flexibility, — for the prodigious power... | |
 | 1869 - 514 oldal
...encomium upon Watt, in speaking of the steam engine, Lord Jeffrey said : "By his admirable contrivances it has become a thing stupendous, alike for its force...prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can bo varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant,... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1870 - 592 oldal
...portion of our subject than to introduce the appropriate remarks of Francis Jeffrey. "The steam engine has become a thing stupendous) alike for its force...prodigious power which it can exert and the ease, precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed and applied. The trunk of an elephant... | |
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It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable... 
