 We have said that Mr Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so...  The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Seite 171von Reuben Percy - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1823 - 946 Seiten
...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...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1842 - 634 Seiten
...in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor ; for it was by him, that its action was so regulated, as to make it capable of being applied...increased, as to set 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... | |
 | 1825 - 458 Seiten
...inventor. It was by bis inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being dpplied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance*, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility,— fur the... | |
 | 1819 - 780 Seiten
...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...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1819 - 610 Seiten
...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...as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his ad* This notice of the character of Mr Watt appeared first in the Scotsman newspaper. It follows so... | |
 | 1819 - 708 Seiten
...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...to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and ils power so increased as to let weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it... | |
 | 1820 - 496 Seiten
...utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his investigation that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupeadous alike for its force . and its flexibility; for the prodigious power which... | |
 | 1820 - 482 Seiten
...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...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which... | |
 | 1820 - 494 Seiten
...its utility, he should rather be described as its iiiventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious powers which... | |
 | 1820 - 450 Seiten
...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...solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility ; for the prodigious power which... | |
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