 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 pages
...found infufficient for the purpofe. " As nothing (fays he) can be more oppofite in principle to ßxeJ wards than a lock which derives its properties from...the motion of all its parts, I determined that the CQnilruction of fuch a lock fhould be the fubject of my experiment." 1я the profecution of this experiment... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...found infufficient for the purpole. " As nething (fays he) can be more oppofue in principle to fixtd -wards than a lock which derives its properties from the motion of all its parts, 1 determined that the conilruftion of fuch a lock ihoujd be the fubjeét of my experiment." In the... | |
 | 1816 - 746 pages
...which the old locks were constructed. " As nothing (fays he) can be more oppofite in prii.c!ple lof.xcd wards than a lock which derives its properties from...parts, I determined that the conftruction of fuch a luck flionld be the fubjefl of my experiment." fn \\x profecution of thi? experiment he h.id tl<c fatibt"... | |
 | 1823 - 856 pages
...however varied, had been found insufficient for the purpose. " As nothing (says he) can be more opposite in principle to fixed wards than a lock which derives...the motion of all its parts, I determined that the construction of such a lock should he the 'subject of my experiment." In the prosecution of this experiment... | |
 | George Price (of Wolverhampton.) - 1856 - 1000 pages
...in vain sought to attain perfection in the art of lock-making. And as nothing can be more opposite in principle to FIXED WARDS, than a lock which derives...the motion of all its parts, I determined that the construction of such a lock should be the subject of my experiment. In the prosecution of my purpose... | |
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As nothing (says he) can be more opposite in principle to fixed wards than a lock which derives its properties from the motion of all its parts, I determined that the construction of such a lock should he the 'subject of my experiment. 