James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... followed in his father's footsteps , after his father's death , as shipwright , contractor , provider , etc. , be- coming famous for his skill in the making of the most delicate instruments . He built shops at the back of his house ...
... followed in his father's footsteps , after his father's death , as shipwright , contractor , provider , etc. , be- coming famous for his skill in the making of the most delicate instruments . He built shops at the back of his house ...
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... followed the Glasgow model , and are giving more attention to the hitherto much neglected needs of science , and the practical departments of education , making themselves real universities , " where any man can " study everything worth ...
... followed the Glasgow model , and are giving more attention to the hitherto much neglected needs of science , and the practical departments of education , making themselves real universities , " where any man can " study everything worth ...
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... music and was more thoroughly prepared to excel in the art of making organs than the new organ - builder . When he attacked the problem of steam , as we shall soon see , the same course was followed , although 40 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... music and was more thoroughly prepared to excel in the art of making organs than the new organ - builder . When he attacked the problem of steam , as we shall soon see , the same course was followed , although 40 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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Andrew Carnegie. soon see , the same course was followed , although it involved the mastering of three languages , that he should miss nothing . We note that the taking of infinite pains , this fore - arming of himself , this knowing of ...
Andrew Carnegie. soon see , the same course was followed , although it involved the mastering of three languages , that he should miss nothing . We note that the taking of infinite pains , this fore - arming of himself , this knowing of ...
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... followed and much was learnt . Watt's account of these is appended to the article on " Steam and the Steam Engine ” in the " Encyclopędia Britannica , " ninth edition . Detailed accounts of Watt's numerous experiments , failures ...
... followed and much was learnt . Watt's account of these is appended to the article on " Steam and the Steam Engine ” in the " Encyclopędia Britannica , " ninth edition . Detailed accounts of Watt's numerous experiments , failures ...
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