James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... Lord Roseberry says he is willing it should be , if thereby the union of our English - speaking race were secured , the members of the Great Council from Britain could reach Washington in seven days , the members from British Columbia ...
... Lord Roseberry says he is willing it should be , if thereby the union of our English - speaking race were secured , the members of the Great Council from Britain could reach Washington in seven days , the members from British Columbia ...
Page 37
... Lord Chancellorship , the highest honor in its power to bestow . Every important university develops special qual ... Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her " RETURN TO ...
... Lord Chancellorship , the highest honor in its power to bestow . Every important university develops special qual ... Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her " RETURN TO ...
Page 38
... ( Lord Kelvin ) for perfecting his delicate invention which rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf ...
... ( Lord Kelvin ) for perfecting his delicate invention which rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf ...
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... Lord Kelvin , taken from “ Watt's " Discoveries of the Properties of Steam . " It is well to distinguish between the two things , Discovery and Invention . The title of Watt the Inventor is world - wide , and is so just and striking ...
... Lord Kelvin , taken from “ Watt's " Discoveries of the Properties of Steam . " It is well to distinguish between the two things , Discovery and Invention . The title of Watt the Inventor is world - wide , and is so just and striking ...
Page 52
... Lord Kelvin says the animal motor more closely resembles an electro - magnetic engine than a heat engine , but very probably the chemical forces in animals produce the external mechanical effects through electricity and do not act as a ...
... Lord Kelvin says the animal motor more closely resembles an electro - magnetic engine than a heat engine , but very probably the chemical forces in animals produce the external mechanical effects through electricity and do not act as a ...
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