 ... 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
 | John Wells Foster - 1869 - 480 pages
...ing-hook, the needle, the graver, the spring of a watch, or of a carriage, the chisel, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue, and the only metal friendly to the animal frame." * The amount of iron consumed by a nation may be regarded as an unerring index of its... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 312 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.' Iron is never found native in a pure state, but all iron ores contain impurities, such as carbon, phosphorus,... | |
 | Young people - 1877 - 696 pages
...Deuteronomy, where Moses eulogises the Land of Promise as " a land whose stones are iron." IHON ORES. The ores of iron are scattered over the crust of the...mineral for-mation, and are disseminated in every soil. Iron is seldom found in a native state, but as an oxide, or combined with sulphuric, carbonic, or other... | |
 | Alexander Watt (F.R.S.A.) - 1881 - 220 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 it furnishes our vast railway system, our ironclads and mercantile fleet, our... | |
 | James Moore Swank - 1884 - 452 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 people of the United States are the largest per capita consumers of iron and steel in the world, and... | |
 | Charles W. Sisson - 1892 - 128 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." What we have to deal with particularly in this book is the product of the blast furnace—pig iron.... | |
 | Manchester Association of Engineers, Manchester, Eng - 1893 - 448 pages
...graver, the spring of a watch or 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. It is not only the soul of every other manufacture, but the mainspring of civilized society. Were the... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - 1919 - 296 pages
...the needle, the spring of a watch or of a carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue and the only metal friendly to the human frame." * A metal that was so useful was needed in large .quantities, yet the primitive forge could turn out... | |
 | 1924 - 210 pages
...ploughshare, the spring of a watch or carriage, the chisel, the chain, the anchor, the compass, the cannon, and the bomb. It is a medicine of much virtue and...the crust of the globe with a beneficent profusion proportionate to the utility of the metal ; they are found under every latitude and every zone, in... | |
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