James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 37
... discovery of latent heat by its Professor Black , and the successful opera- tion of telegraph cables by its Professor and present Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her ...
... discovery of latent heat by its Professor Black , and the successful opera- tion of telegraph cables by its Professor and present Lord Chancellor ( Lord Kelvin ) . May the future of Glasgow University copy fair her glorious past ! Her ...
Page 49
... Discovery and Invention . The title of Watt the Inventor is world - wide , and is so just and striking that there is none to gainsay . But it is only to the few that dive deeper that Watt the Discoverer is known CAPTURED BY STEAM 49.
... Discovery and Invention . The title of Watt the Inventor is world - wide , and is so just and striking that there is none to gainsay . But it is only to the few that dive deeper that Watt the Discoverer is known CAPTURED BY STEAM 49.
Page 50
... discovery was that of latent heat . this to Professor Black he found that his friend had anticipated him , and had been teaching it in lectures to his students for some years past . His next step was the discovery of the total heat of ...
... discovery was that of latent heat . this to Professor Black he found that his friend had anticipated him , and had been teaching it in lectures to his students for some years past . His next step was the discovery of the total heat of ...
Page 51
... discovery , and it led him to the use of high- pressure steam , used expansively . Even coal may yet be superseded before it is ex- hausted , for as eminent an authority as Professor Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of ...
... discovery , and it led him to the use of high- pressure steam , used expansively . Even coal may yet be superseded before it is ex- hausted , for as eminent an authority as Professor Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of ...
Page 54
... discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the power of the giant ...
... discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the power of the giant ...
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