James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... engine , strangely discovered in his researches that the university actually owned a model of the latest type , the Newcomen engine , which had been purchased for the use of the natural philosophy class . One wonders how many of the ...
... engine , strangely discovered in his researches that the university actually owned a model of the latest type , the Newcomen engine , which had been purchased for the use of the natural philosophy class . One wonders how many of the ...
Page 46
... Engine ” in the " Encyclopędia Britannica , " ninth edition . Detailed accounts of Watt's numerous experiments ... Newcomen model arrived at last and was promptly repaired , but was not successful when put in operation . Steam ...
... Engine ” in the " Encyclopędia Britannica , " ninth edition . Detailed accounts of Watt's numerous experiments ... Newcomen model arrived at last and was promptly repaired , but was not successful when put in operation . Steam ...
Page 50
... Newcomen had done in his engine . Watt might have invented the separate condenser and ranked as a great inventor , but the spirit of enquiry was in possession of him , and he had to find out all he could about the nature of steam . When ...
... Newcomen had done in his engine . Watt might have invented the separate condenser and ranked as a great inventor , but the spirit of enquiry was in possession of him , and he had to find out all he could about the nature of steam . When ...
Page 55
... Newcomen engine impracticable for general pur- poses , he promptly formulated the one indispensable condition which alone met the problem , and which the successful steam - engine must possess . He abandoned all else for the time as ...
... Newcomen engine impracticable for general pur- poses , he promptly formulated the one indispensable condition which alone met the problem , and which the successful steam - engine must possess . He abandoned all else for the time as ...
Page 56
... engine given to man . One reads with a smile the dear modest man's deprecatory remarks about the condenser in after years , when he was overcome by ... Newcomen engine , limited to atmospheric pressure , and the 56 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... engine given to man . One reads with a smile the dear modest man's deprecatory remarks about the condenser in after years , when he was overcome by ... Newcomen engine , limited to atmospheric pressure , and the 56 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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