 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 Seiten
...were so great as to give it almost a new form. " It was by his inventions," says an able writer, " 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- -that it has become... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 508 Seiten
...give it almost a new • form. " It was by his inventions," says an able writer, " that its acV tion was so regulated as to make it capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and Us power so increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance — that, it has... | |
 | 1819 - 606 Seiten
...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventar. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated...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 ad* This... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 Seiten
...tremendous might be exhibited to the eyes of an astonished world. From Mr. JEFFREY'S Character of Mr. WATT. We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver...capable of being applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so increased a? to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 430 Seiten
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 | Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 Seiten
...extending the use of the engine." Memoir by Playfair. scribed 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, and its power so encreased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable... | |
 | 1831 - 586 Seiten
...however, were so great as to give it almost a new form. "It was by his inventions," s:iys an able writer, "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 inert ased as to set weight and solidity at defiance — that it has... | |
 | 1834 - 532 Seiten
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 | 1843 - 854 Seiten
...as its inventor than as its improver. ' It was by his inventions,' observes the writer alluded to, ' 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... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 Seiten
...liy the. subject of our present memoir, thus'enuBicratcs their, effects. . " It was by hie invention that its action was so regulated. as to make it capable of being applied to tbe finest ami moat delicate manufactures, and 'itii pawef so increased as'ló set .weight. and solidity... | |
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W"e 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... 
