 We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; 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 penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]. - Pagina 138door Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 pagina’s
...or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. 3. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility — for the prodigious... | |
 | 1899 - 206 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its powers so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivances it has... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility — for the prodigious... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the... | |
 | 1899 - 730 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility — for the prodigious... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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 manufacturers, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 pagina’s
...so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufacturers, and its power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 pagina’s
...steam-engine; but, in truth, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was* by his inventions that its action was so regulated as to make it capable...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility—for the prodigious... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 272 pagina’s
...structure, or vast in 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...weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious... | |
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