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" He broke a rope of two inches in circumference ; though, from his awkward manner, he was obliged to exert four times more strength than was necessary. He lifted a rolling stone of eight hundred pounds' weight with his hands only, standing in a frame above... "
The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of ... - Page 59
by John Nicholson - 1825 - 795 pages
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 9

John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...altnoft flrait again. He lifted a rolling-ftone of eight hundred weight with his hands only, {landing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a chain that was failened to it. On the RESURRECTION. ST. PAUL, in his d. fence before King Agrippa, did, Why fhould...
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A Treatise of Mechanics: Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 1

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1806 - 590 pages
...difficulty. " 9. I have feen him lift a rolling (tone of about 800 Ibs. with his hands only, ftanding in a frame above it, and taking hold of a chain that w^as faftened to it. By this, I reckon he may be almoft as ftrong again as thofe who ait; generally reckoned...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 5

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1811 - 456 pages
...times more strength than was necessary. " He lifted a rolling stone of eight hundred pounds weight, with his hands only. standing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a chain that was fastened thereto. " Dr. Hutton, of Birmingham, speaking of Topham, is right in asserting that lie also kept...
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Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...times more strength than was necessary. " He lifted a rolling stone of eight hundred pounds weight, with his hands only. standing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a chain that was fastened thereto. " Dr. Hutton, of Birmingham, speaking of Topham, is right in asserting that lie also kept...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 582 pages
...only, standing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a chain that was fastened to it. By this, 1 reckon he may be almost as strong again as those who...strongest men, they generally lifting no more than 400 Ibs. in that manner. The weakest men who are in health, and not too fat, lift about 125 Ibs. having...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1815 - 632 pages
...broken witn four times less difficulty. " 0. \ have seen him lili a rolling stone of about 800 lhs. with his hands only, standing in a frame above it,...hold of a chain that was fastened to it. By this, 1 reckon he nuy be almost as strong again as those who are generally reckoned the strongest men, they...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - Mechanical engineering - 1826 - 606 pages
...broken with four times less difficulty. " 9. I have seen him lift a rolling stone of about 800 Ibs. with his hands only, standing in a frame above it,...strongest men, they generally lifting no more than 400 Ibs. in that manner. The weakest men who are in health, and not too fat, lift about 125 Ibs. having...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...broken with four times less difficulty. 9. ' I have seen him lift a rolling-stone of abont 800 Ibs. with his hands only, standing in a frame above it,...he may be almost as strong again as those who are commonly considered as very strong men.' — DesaguUer's Experimental Philosophy. ANÍMALA YA, or hill...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 614 pages
...went over his shoulder. 9. Doctor Desaguliers saw him lift a rolling stone of about 800 pounds weight with his hands only, standing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a frame fastened to it. Hence doctor Desaguliers gives the following relative view of the strengths of...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...went over his shoulder. 9. Doctor Desafuliers saw him lilt a rolling stone of about 00 pounds weight with his hands only, standing in a frame above it, and taking hold of a frame fastened to it. Hence doctor Desaguliers gives the following relative view of the strengths of...
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