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" It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in. the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and... "
The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette - Page 441
1839
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 12

1823 - 946 pages
...of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would .be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1842 - 634 pages
...war, like a bauble, in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. Mr. Jeffrey, a countryman of Mr. Watt, has passed a very warm eulogy on his character and efforts....
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Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c

1819 - 490 pages
...of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribbons, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred upon...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 5

1825 - 458 pages
...breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribbands,...loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. " It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like n bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, — cut steel into ribbands,...loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred upon...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

1819 - 780 pages
...of war like a bauble in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. "It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 4

1820 - 494 pages
...war, like a bauble, in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. " It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 4

1820 - 482 pages
...war, like a bauble, in the air. It can embroider muslin, and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. " It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...as fine as gossamer, and lift a. ship of war like .1 bauble i'.uo the air; it can embroider imislinj and forge" anchors— cut steel into ribbands, and impel loaded vessels against winds and waves.' Like most other great inventions, the discovery was not made at once. So early as...
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8

1820 - 450 pages
...of war like a baubje in the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves. It would be difficult to estimate the value of the benefits which these inventions have conferred upon...
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