Question

Paraphrase the following stanze
Some water, coal and oil is all we ask,
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play
And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve your four and twenty hours a day​

Answer 1

Answer:

                                     THE SECRET OF MACHINES

                                                                   - Rudyard Kipling.

The following stanza states that,

      The only requirement for the machines is water, coal and oil. It takes only a fraction of a thousand to make them work. If we set them on task, they will serve us twenty four hours a day.

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