| 1829 - 512 páginas
...Atlantic in fifteen days — and amidst a long list of other marvels, " engrave seals, forge anchors, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air." Nor has the moral world remained stationary, while the physical was undergoing such wonderful revolutions.... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 páginas
...obdurate metal before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air; It can embroider muslin and forge anchors,— rcut 5fo NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF AIR. steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 páginas
...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 like a bauble...embroider muslin and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.' And another application... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 páginas
...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 like a bauble...embroider muslin and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribbands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves." And another application... | |
| 1831 - 586 páginas
...without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bubble in the air. It ran embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into...ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the waters.'* — "Our improved sU am engine fought the battles of Europe, and now enables us to pay the... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 436 páginas
...before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, — and lift a ship of warlike a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribbands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves." And another application... | |
| 1843 - 854 páginas
...crash masses of obdurate metal like •wax before it, — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer ; and lift a ship of war like a bauble...embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.' Nor, while we admire the... | |
| 1833 - 470 páginas
...and crush a mass of obdurate metal, like wax before it; draw out without breaking a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air;' which ' can embroider muslin, forge anchors, cut steel into ribands,' and impel itself against the... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - 1833 - 370 páginas
...obdurate metal before it,— draw out, without breaking, a thread aa fine as gossamer, and lift up a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider rnuslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of... | |
| 1834 - 438 páginas
...and crush masses of obdurate metals like wax before it; draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble...embroider muslin, and forge anchors ; cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and the waves. Such are the achievements... | |
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