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" ... 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 109
1842
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The official illustrated guide to the North-western railway

George Measom - 1859 - 592 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. To this we may add, that the export of iron of every description, including pig, bar, bolt, rod, wire,...
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The Fairy Tales of Science: A Book for Youth

John Cargill Brough - 1859 - 438 pages
...frequently than gold. " Iron is far more valuable than either of the socalled precious metals, and its ores are scattered over the crust of the globe with a beneficent profusion proportionate to the utility of the metal. One of your best authors has well remarked, that he who...
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Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a ..., Volume 2

Andrew Ure - 1860 - 788 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. 523 kinds : pore, tiickelifcrons, and stcclly ; 2, arsenical iron ; 3, yellow gulphuret of iron ; 4,...
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Iron: Its History, Properties, and Processes of Manufacture

Sir William Fairbairn - 1861 - 278 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." In its primitive position, it is commingled with the earth-s strata in bountiful profusion ; it is...
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A Cyclopaedia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, Commercial Geography ...

William Waterston - 1863 - 1028 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." And it was forcibly remarked by Locke, that he who first made known the use of iron " may be truly...
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The Manufacture of Iron in Buffalo: A Paper Read by Invitation Before the ...

John Wilkeson - 1864 - 8 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. Doctor Tire, of England, in speaking of Iron, beautifully says, "Every person knows the manifold uses...
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History of the Processes of Manufacture and Uses of Printing, Gas-light ...

1864 - 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." In its primitive position it is commingled with the earth's strata in bountiful profusion ; it is found...
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Iron: Its History, Properties, & Processes of Manufacture

Sir William Fairbairn - 1865 - 354 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." In its primitive position, it is commingled with the earth's strata in bountiful profusion ; it is...
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The Geology and Metallurgy of the Iron Ores of Lake Superior; Being a Report ...

John Watson Foster - 1865 - 108 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."—Dit. URE. NEW YORK: WM. C. BRYANT & CO., PRINTERS, 41 NASSAU STREET, CORNER Of LIBERTY. 1865....
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The treasures of the earth; or, Mines, minerals, and metals

William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1868 - 360 pages
...needle, the graver, the spring of a watch or a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the human frame. The application of iron to building purposes has been seen in the erection of the Crystal Palaces at Hyde...
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