| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1806 - 590 pages
...flipping,) he rolled up a very ftrong and large pewter dim. " ». He broke feven or bight fliort and ftrong pieces of tobacco-pipe •with the force of his middle finger, having laid them on the firft and third finger. '' 3. Having thruft in under his garter the bowl of a ftrong tobaccopipe, his... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 582 pages
...Desagulierssavv him perform were these : " 1. By the strength of his fingers (only rubbed in coal ashes to keci, them from slipping,) he rolled up a very strong and...middle finger, having laid them on the first and third fing«r. bably about six times that of a man. Desaguliers statse the proportion as 5 to 1 ; coinciding... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 632 pages
...fingers (only rubbed in coal ashes to keep them from dipping,) he rolled up a very strong and Urge pewter dish. " 2. He broke seven or eight short and...finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. bably about six times that of a man. Desaguliers statse the -proportion as 5 to 1 ; coinciding with... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1826 - 606 pages
...these : 11 1. By the strength of his lingers (only rubbed in coal ashes to keep them from dipping) he rolled up a very strong and large pewter dish....first and third finger. " 3. Having thrust in under bis garter the bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...strength of the fingers (only rubbed in cold ashes to keep them from slipping) he rolled up a very large pewter dish. 2. ' He broke seven or eight short...of a strong tobacco-pipe, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons of his hams •without altering the bending of his legs. 4. ' He... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 892 pages
...strength of the fingers (only rubbed ID cold ashes to keep them from slipping) be rolled up a very large pewter dish. 2. ' He broke seven or eight short...his middle finger, having laid them on the first and ihird finger. 3. 'Having thrust in under his garter the bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe, his. legs being... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...which doctor Desaguliers saw him perform. — 1. Having rubbed his fingers with coal ashes to keep them from slipping, he rolled up a very strong and large pewter plate. 2. Having laid seven or eight short and strong pieces of tobacco-pipe on the first and third... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 546 pages
...which doctor Desaguliers saw him perform. — 1. Having rubbed his fingers with coal ashes to keep them from slipping, he rolled up a very strong and large pewter plate. 2. Having laid seven or eight short and strong pieces of tobacco-pipe on the first and third... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 822 pages
...strength of the fingers (only rubbed in cold ashes to keep them from slipping) be rolled up а тегу large pewter dish. 2. 'He broke seven or eight short...strong pieces of tobacco-pipe with the force of his muidle finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. 3. ' Having thrust in under his garter... | |
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