There remained, then, only two possible solutions of the question, which created two distinct parties: on one side, those who were for a monster of colossal strength; on the other, those who were for a submarine vessel of enormous motive power.
Gold is the most malleable of all metals; a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square meter, and an avoirdupois ounce into 300 square feet. Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to become semi-transparent.
Metals. Layers of atoms slide over each other when metals are bent or stretched. Metals are malleable malleable: If a material is malleable it is capable of being hammered or pressed out of shape without being likely to break or return to the original shape. - they can be bent and shaped. This is because they consist of layers of atoms [atom: All elements are made of atoms.