...most Important opening, the neglected minor precaution leaves a gap, and, to use a well-worn axiom, "the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link," until he has paid as much attention to one source of danger as to another his chain of defense is not...

...producer or shipper. If we are going to trust the producer in one detail we may as well trust him in all. The strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. No universal rule can be given, but assuming that the specification is wisely drawn and provides only...

...He must remember that one gradient on a road of 136 miles fixes the standard for the whole road— the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. The return shows that the natural rise of the country for the 136 miles is 1,900 feet, and the fall...

...include the weight of the loaded cage plus the weight of the rope itself. Bearing in mind, however, that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link, and, similarly, that the strength of a winding rope, between the drum and the cage, is the strength of the...

...precede them establishes a certain preponderance of probability in favour of author's revision in T. But the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link, and it may be confessed that one or two pieces of textual evidence are the weak links in any chain by which...

...dealt at the papal institution if it could be shown that a woman had ever occupied the papal throne. As the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link and no more, so the glorious boast of an unbroken succession would be forever lost. This may account for...

...increases the evenness and regularity of industry, and consequently of the export and import of goods. As the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link so the line traffic is in a measure limited by the amount of traffic to be had at the lowest season....

...I said that we required a single chain from the hands of the producer to the table of the consumer. The strength of a chain Is the strength of its weakest link and a chain is of no use if any of its links are lacking. The only fault I have to find with the proposed...

...depth, but show alternations of strata with varying degrees of resistance. It is a common sa3'ing that the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link. The same holds good with rocks of this class. A layer of soft yielding shale interbedded with more...

...building or a line of pipe, and we are brought to the condition which has produced the maxim that " the strength of a chain is the strength of its weakest link." Why we endure an average quality in a coal specification is due to several reasons. Coal specifications...