 ... the needle, the graver, the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame.  The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art - Page 1091842Full view - About this book
 | Dictionary - 1844 - 412 pages
...desires, and even our caprices. It is equally serviceable to the arts, sciences, agriculture and war : it is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame. In 1740, the whole quantity of iron smelted in England and Wales was only 17,000 tons ; in 1840, the... | |
 | 1846 - 594 pages
...graver, the spring of a watch or a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb, — it is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame." This universality of use has been met, by a kind Providence, in furnishing it in inexhaustible quantities... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...are found under every latitude and every zone, in everv geological formation, and are disseminated in every soil. It has also been well remarked by another... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1851 - 494 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame." The bloom of iron from Norway, which is exhibited (84) as possessing great toughness, owes its peculiarities... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1851 - 492 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame." The bloom of iron from Norway, which is exhibited (84) as possessing great toughness, owes its peculiarities... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...metal ; they are found under every latitude, and every conntrv which possesses a range of primary rocks is sure to have beds of iron ore. When pure it is... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - 1852 - 728 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the cbisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...beneficent profusion, proportioned to the utility of tlio metal ; they arc found under every latitude, and every country which possesses a range of primary... | |
 | 1852 - 432 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...metal friendly to the human frame. The ores of iron arc scattered over the crust of the globe with a beneficent profusion proportioned to the utility of... | |
 | Harry Scrivenor - 1854 - 390 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...mineral formation, and are disseminated in every soil." The increased value of manufactured iron, compared with the raw material, cannot, perhaps, be better... | |
 | Harry Scrivenor - 1854 - 350 pages
...the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and...mineral formation, and are disseminated in every soil." The increased value of manufactured iron, compared with the raw material, cannot, perhaps, be better... | |
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