James WattDoubleday, Page, 1905 - 241 pages |
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... letters regularly written to him , some of which have fortunately been preserved , abundantly prove that , tho far from home , yet in home and family ties and family duties the young man had his strong tower of defence , keeping him ...
... letters regularly written to him , some of which have fortunately been preserved , abundantly prove that , tho far from home , yet in home and family ties and family duties the young man had his strong tower of defence , keeping him ...
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... letter of introduction was addressed , who , no more than the Professor himself , nor Mr. Morgan , could withstand the extraordinary youth , whom he could not refuse taking into his service - glad to get him no doubt , and delighted ...
... letter of introduction was addressed , who , no more than the Professor himself , nor Mr. Morgan , could withstand the extraordinary youth , whom he could not refuse taking into his service - glad to get him no doubt , and delighted ...
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... letters to his father he regrets being unable to reduce it below that , knowing that his father's affairs were not prosperous . He , however , was able to obtain some remunerative work on his own account , which he did after his day's ...
... letters to his father he regrets being unable to reduce it below that , knowing that his father's affairs were not prosperous . He , however , was able to obtain some remunerative work on his own account , which he did after his day's ...
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... letter of this period ( March , 1769 ) to his friend , Professor Small , in which he anticipated Trevithick's use of high - pressure steam in the locomotive . Watt said : I intend in many cases to employ the expansive force of steam to ...
... letter of this period ( March , 1769 ) to his friend , Professor Small , in which he anticipated Trevithick's use of high - pressure steam in the locomotive . Watt said : I intend in many cases to employ the expansive force of steam to ...
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... letter to his friend , Dr. Small , at this juncture , is interesting . He writes : You cannot conceive how mortified I am with this disappoint- ment . It is a damned thing for a man to have his all hanging by a single string . If I had ...
... letter to his friend , Dr. Small , at this juncture , is interesting . He writes : You cannot conceive how mortified I am with this disappoint- ment . It is a damned thing for a man to have his all hanging by a single string . If I had ...
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Page 241 - ... which wait for no man, and of sailing without that wind which defied the commands and threats of Xerxes himself. This potent commander of the elements...
Page 224 - ENLARGED THE RESOURCES OF HIS COUNTRY INCREASED THE POWER OF MAN AND ROSE TO AN EMINENT PLACE AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS FOLLOWERS OF SCIENCE AND THE REAL BENEFACTORS OF THE WORLD BORN AT GREENOCK MDCCXXXVI DIED AT HEATHFIELD IN STAFFORDSHIRE MDCCCXIX NOTES (1) MS.
Page 239 - ... instructive in no ordinary degree ; but it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk, at least in his latter years ; but though he took a considerable share of the conversation, he rarely suggested the topics on which it was to turn,...
Page 241 - ... his happiest days. His friends in this part of the country never saw him more full of intellectual vigour and colloquial animation, never more delightful or more instructive, than in his last visit to Scotland in autumn, 1817. Indeed, it was after that time that he applied himself, with all the ardour of early life, to the invention of a machine for mechanically copying all sorts of sculpture and statuary, and distributed among his friends some of its earliest performances, as the productions...
Page 231 - It can engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal before it — draw out, without breaking, a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bauble in. the air. It can embroider muslin and forge anchors — cut steel into ribands, and impel loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and waves.
Page 60 - I must get rid of the condensed steam and injection-water if I used a jet as in Newcomen's engine. Two ways of doing this occurred to me. First, the water might be run off by a descending pipe, if an offlet could be got at the depth of thirtyfive or thirty-six feet, and any air might be extracted by a small pump.
Page 46 - Mr. Watt. I saw a workman, and expected no more ; but was surprised to find a philosopher, as young as myself, and always ready to instruct me. I had the vanity to think myself a pretty good proficient in my favourite study, and was rather mortified at finding Mr. Watt so much my superior.