James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow III . Captured by Steam PAGE 3 23 45 IV . Partnership with Roebuck 67 V. Boulton Partnership 87 · VI . Removal to Birmingham 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX ...
... Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow III . Captured by Steam PAGE 3 23 45 IV . Partnership with Roebuck 67 V. Boulton Partnership 87 · VI . Removal to Birmingham 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX ...
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... Glasgow , when it was thought that a change would benefit the delicate boy . We read with pleasant surprise that he had to be sent for , at the request of the family , and taken home . He kept the household so stirred up with his ...
... Glasgow , when it was thought that a change would benefit the delicate boy . We read with pleasant surprise that he had to be sent for , at the request of the family , and taken home . He kept the household so stirred up with his ...
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... Glasgow were frequent , and here he formed acquaintance with several educated young men , who appreciated his abilities and kindly nature ; but the visits to the same kind uncle " on the bonnie , " bonnie banks o ' Loch Lomond , " where ...
... Glasgow were frequent , and here he formed acquaintance with several educated young men , who appreciated his abilities and kindly nature ; but the visits to the same kind uncle " on the bonnie , " bonnie banks o ' Loch Lomond , " where ...
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... Glasgow was decided upon as the proper place in which to begin , and Watt took up his abode there with his maternal relatives , the Muirheads , carry- ing his tools with him . No mathematical instrument maker was to be found in Glasgow ...
... Glasgow was decided upon as the proper place in which to begin , and Watt took up his abode there with his maternal relatives , the Muirheads , carry- ing his tools with him . No mathematical instrument maker was to be found in Glasgow ...
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... brought into his life the noted Professor , with all his knowledge , kindness and influence , and opened to him the kind of library he most needed . Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow CHAPTER II GLASGOW 20 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... brought into his life the noted Professor , with all his knowledge , kindness and influence , and opened to him the kind of library he most needed . Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow CHAPTER II GLASGOW 20 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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