James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page
... characters that ever graced the earth . For all this I am deeply grateful to the publishers . I am indebted to friends , Messrs . Angus Sinclair and Edward R. Cooper , for editing my notes upon Scientific and Mechanical points . The ...
... characters that ever graced the earth . For all this I am deeply grateful to the publishers . I am indebted to friends , Messrs . Angus Sinclair and Edward R. Cooper , for editing my notes upon Scientific and Mechanical points . The ...
Page 5
... character through universal compulsory education , the foremost of all . The very year after Parliament passed the Act of 1696 , which at last fulfilled Knox's aspirations , and during the Eldership of Watt's grandfather , Greenock made ...
... character through universal compulsory education , the foremost of all . The very year after Parliament passed the Act of 1696 , which at last fulfilled Knox's aspirations , and during the Eldership of Watt's grandfather , Greenock made ...
Page 6
... growing in usefulness to their fellows ; men of unblemished character , kind and considerate , winning the confidence and affection of their neighbors , and leaving behind them records unstained . 6 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... growing in usefulness to their fellows ; men of unblemished character , kind and considerate , winning the confidence and affection of their neighbors , and leaving behind them records unstained . 6 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
Page 9
... character with the indefinable air of distinction , was well educated , had a very wise head , a very kind heart and all the sensibility and enthusiasm of the Celt , easily touched to fine issues . She was a Scot of the Scots and a ...
... character with the indefinable air of distinction , was well educated , had a very wise head , a very kind heart and all the sensibility and enthusiasm of the Celt , easily touched to fine issues . She was a Scot of the Scots and a ...
Page 13
... characters of the flesh in history without much loss ; banish the imaginary host of the spirit and we were poor indeed . So with these inspiring legends ; let us accept them and add others gladly as they arise , inquiring not too ...
... characters of the flesh in history without much loss ; banish the imaginary host of the spirit and we were poor indeed . So with these inspiring legends ; let us accept them and add others gladly as they arise , inquiring not too ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
altho Argand burner became Birmingham Boulton and Watt Britain canal Captain coal condenser Cornwall cylinder discovery doubt erected expansively experiments famous father fortune genius give Glasgow Greenock hand heart honor horse-power idea improved instrument invention inventor James Watt Jamie kind knew labor latent heat less letter London Lord Lord Brougham Lord Kelvin Lunar Society machine machinery manufacture mathematical matter mechanical ment mind mother motion Muirhead Murdoch nature needed never Newcomen engine partner partnership passed patent perfect philosopher phlogiston piston pound Priestley principle probably Professor Black proved pump record rendered Richard Lovell Edgeworth Robison Roebuck says Scot Scotch Scotland seems ship skilled Soho soon steam engine stroke success things tion to-day trial trouble Watt and Boulton Watt engine Watt wrote Watt's day wonder workmen writes young youth