 He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he had cut a perpetual screw in brass, a thing little known at that day, and which, I believe, was the...  Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S., Made on Various Occasions, in the ... - Page xxiiiby John Smeaton - 1837Full view - About this book
 | History - 1793
...with aftonilhnaent ; he forged his iron and Iteel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every fort, for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in brals, a thing little known at that day, and which I believe was the invention of Mr. Henry... | |
 | 1793 - 526 pages
...with ailoniihinent: he forged his iron and fteel, and melted his metal; he had tools of every fort, for working in wood^ ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in brafs, a thing little known at that day, and which is fuppofed to have been the invention... | |
 | English literature - 1793 - 548 pages
...with aftrnilhment ; he forged his iron and ftecl, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every ft rt, for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a pcrptmal fcrew •in brafs. a thing little known at that day, and which I believe was the invention... | |
 | English literature - 1793 - 702 pages
...and fteel, and melted his metal: he had tools of every fort, for working in wood, ivory, and metala. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in biais, a thing little known at that day, and which I believe was the invention of Mr Henry... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 482 pages
...with aftonifhment. He forged his iron and fteel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every fort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in brafs, a thing little known at that day, and which I believe was the invention of Mr. Henry... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 900 pages
...very neatly turned. He forged his iron and fttel, and melted his metal ; he made tools of every fort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrevv in brafa. (See SCREW, N° 7.) a thing little known at that day, which was the invention of Mr... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and nieláis. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual screw in brass, a thing little known at that day, which was the invention of Mr. Henry Hindi' y , of York, with whom Mr. Smeaton... | |
 | 1794 - 622 pages
...and fteel, and Bitlted his metal ; he had tools of every fort, for working in wood, ivory, and meuls. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in brafs, a thing little r.nown at that day, andwiiichis fuppofed to have been the invention... | |
 | John Smeaton - Civil engineering - 1812 - 532 pages
...aftonifhment: he forged his own iron and fteel, and melted his own metals :• he had tools of every fort for working in wood, ivory and metals. He had made a lathe, by which he had cut a perpetual fcrew in brafs, a thing very little Jcnown at that day. Thus had Mr. SMEATON, by the ftrength of his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 522 pages
...could not but view his works with astonishment. He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory,...which he had cut a perpetual screw in brass, a thing little known at that day, and which, I believe, was the invention of Mr. Henry Hindley of York, with... | |
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