James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... captain , was about to set forth upon that then long and toilsome journey . They started from Glasgow June 7 , 1755 , on horseback , the journey taking twelve days . The writer's parents often referred to the fact that when the leading ...
... captain , was about to set forth upon that then long and toilsome journey . They started from Glasgow June 7 , 1755 , on horseback , the journey taking twelve days . The writer's parents often referred to the fact that when the leading ...
Page 26
... captain , challenged by the cold world around to do or die , fate called to Watt as it calls to every man who has his own way to make : " This is Collingtogle ford , “ And thou must keep thee with thy sword . " When the revelation first ...
... captain , challenged by the cold world around to do or die , fate called to Watt as it calls to every man who has his own way to make : " This is Collingtogle ford , “ And thou must keep thee with thy sword . " When the revelation first ...
Page 28
... own master . Wise young man in this he was . There is not much outcome in the youth who does not already see himself captain in his dreams , and steers his barque accordingly , true to the course already laid down , 28 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... own master . Wise young man in this he was . There is not much outcome in the youth who does not already see himself captain in his dreams , and steers his barque accordingly , true to the course already laid down , 28 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
Page 93
... Captain of Industry " for he was in his day foremost in the indus- trial field , and before that , industrial organisations had not developed far enough to create or require captains , in Carlyle's sense . Roebuck , while Watt's partner ...
... Captain of Industry " for he was in his day foremost in the indus- trial field , and before that , industrial organisations had not developed far enough to create or require captains , in Carlyle's sense . Roebuck , while Watt's partner ...
Page 100
... Captain Keir , an excel- lent practical chemist , a wit and a man of learning ; Dr. Small , the accomplished physician , chemist and mechanist ; Josiah Wedg- wood , the practical philosopher and manufacturer , founder of a new and ...
... Captain Keir , an excel- lent practical chemist , a wit and a man of learning ; Dr. Small , the accomplished physician , chemist and mechanist ; Josiah Wedg- wood , the practical philosopher and manufacturer , founder of a new and ...
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