James WattDoubleday, Page, 1905 - 241 pages |
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... remained the venerated father in Greenock , and the 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 ...
... remained the venerated father in Greenock , and the 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 ...
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... remained another discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the ...
... remained another discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the ...
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... remained an " airy nothing , " had he not been also the mechanician able to produce it in the concrete . It is not , therefore , only Watt the inventor , Watt the discoverer , but also Watt , the manual worker , that stands forth . As ...
... remained an " airy nothing , " had he not been also the mechanician able to produce it in the concrete . It is not , therefore , only Watt the inventor , Watt the discoverer , but also Watt , the manual worker , that stands forth . As ...
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... remained . Many things were tried for packing - cork , oiled rags , old hats ( felt probably ) , paper , horse dung , etc. , etc. Still the steam escaped , even after a thorough over- hauling . The second experiment also failed . So ...
... remained . Many things were tried for packing - cork , oiled rags , old hats ( felt probably ) , paper , horse dung , etc. , etc. Still the steam escaped , even after a thorough over- hauling . The second experiment also failed . So ...
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... brain. Watt also made a survey of the Clyde, and reported upon its proposed deepening. His suggestions remained unacted upon for several years, when the work was begun, and is not ended even in our day, 8a LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... brain. Watt also made a survey of the Clyde, and reported upon its proposed deepening. His suggestions remained unacted upon for several years, when the work was begun, and is not ended even in our day, 8a LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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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.