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" My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr Robison himself, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam-engine... "
Historical eloge of James Watt, tr. with additional notes by J.P. Muirhead - Page 73
by Dominique François J. Arago - 1839
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A System of Mechanical Philosophy, Volume 2

John Robison - 1822 - 736 pages
...invention in the text not being perfectly correct, I subjoin the following short history of it:—W. • " My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to...the subject of steamengines, by the late Dr Robison himself, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw...
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A System of Mechanical Philosophy, Volume 2

John Robison - 1822 - 766 pages
...invention in the text not being perfectly correct, I subjoin the following short history of it : — W. " My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steamengines, by the late Dr Rohison himself, then a student In tin. University of GJisgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 2

1825 - 490 pages
...fame. " ' My attention,' says Mr. Watt, ' was first directed in 1759 to the subject of >team engines by Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of...
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History of the Steam Engine: From Its First Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1826 - 250 pages
...effect. — " My attention," says he, " was first directed in 17*59, to the subject of steam engines, by Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of...
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 3

Luke Herbert - 1826 - 408 pages
...effect. — " My attention," says he, " was first directed in 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of...
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History of the Steam Engine, from Its Earliest Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1828 - 236 pages
...effect. — S( My attention," says he, <f was first directed in 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...attention was nrst directed, in the year 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by the late Dr. Hobison, then a student in the university of Glasgow, and nearly...time, threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of wheel-carriages, and to other purposes ; but the scheme was soon abandoned,...
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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 pages
...apparatus. " My attention," says Mr. Watt, f " was first directed in 1759 to the subject of Steam Engines by Dr. Robison, then a student in the university of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that * Mr. James Watt was born at Greenock in 1736. His father was one of the baillies (or...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 21

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...wheel-carriages. In a note to the last edition of Kobison's Mechanical Philosophy, Mr. Watt states, ' My attention was first directed, in the year 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by the late Dr. Kobison, then a student in the university of Glasgow, and nearly of...
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History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of ...

Elijah Galloway - 1829 - 890 pages
...effect. •• My attention," says he, " was first directed, in 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of...
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