James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 51
... horse - power working continuously . Enough mechanical power goes to waste on the college campus to warm and light and supply all the manufactories , street railroads and other consumers of mechanical power in the city . How to harness this ...
... horse - power working continuously . Enough mechanical power goes to waste on the college campus to warm and light and supply all the manufactories , street railroads and other consumers of mechanical power in the city . How to harness this ...
Page 83
... horse - power turbine engines , may be built near Glasgow . Watt also made surveys for a for a canal between Perth and Coupar Angus , for the well - known Crinan Canal and other projects in Western Highlands , as also for the great ...
... horse - power turbine engines , may be built near Glasgow . Watt also made surveys for a for a canal between Perth and Coupar Angus , for the well - known Crinan Canal and other projects in Western Highlands , as also for the great ...
Page 91
... power proved a serious difficulty at Soho . He wrote to a friend , " The enormous expense of the " horsepower " ( it was also irregular and sometimes failed ) " put me upon thinking of turning the mill " by fire . I made many fruitless ...
... power proved a serious difficulty at Soho . He wrote to a friend , " The enormous expense of the " horsepower " ( it was also irregular and sometimes failed ) " put me upon thinking of turning the mill " by fire . I made many fruitless ...
Page 115
... horse - power here . Eh , Lord ! They're grand - they're grand ! Uplift am I ? When first in store the new - made beasties stood , Were ye cast down that breathed the Word declarin ' all things good ? Not so ! O ' that world - liftin ...
... horse - power here . Eh , Lord ! They're grand - they're grand ! Uplift am I ? When first in store the new - made beasties stood , Were ye cast down that breathed the Word declarin ' all things good ? Not so ! O ' that world - liftin ...
Page 127
... power and more steadily , and " forked " more water than the ordinary engines with only about one - third the consumption of coal . Watt wrote : I understand all the ... horse - power in that big head of yours , REMOVAL TO BIRMINGHAM 127.
... power and more steadily , and " forked " more water than the ordinary engines with only about one - third the consumption of coal . Watt wrote : I understand all the ... horse - power in that big head of yours , REMOVAL TO BIRMINGHAM 127.
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