James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 14
... inventions have come from those who have been cunning of hand and have worked as manual laborers , generally in charge of the machinery or devices which they have improved . When new pro- cesses have been invented , these also have ...
... inventions have come from those who have been cunning of hand and have worked as manual laborers , generally in charge of the machinery or devices which they have improved . When new pro- cesses have been invented , these also have ...
Page 38
... invention which rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf , giving him a small room , which could be ...
... invention which rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf , giving him a small room , which could be ...
Page 48
... invention , and had at hand not only the standard books , but the living men who could best assist him . 66 What does latent heat mean ? we hear the reader inquire . Let us try to explain it in simple language . Arago pronounced Black's ...
... invention , and had at hand not only the standard books , but the living men who could best assist him . 66 What does latent heat mean ? we hear the reader inquire . Let us try to explain it in simple language . Arago pronounced Black's ...
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... 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.
... 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 51
... invention and all it has led to is only a step on the way to harnessing the forces of nature to the service of man . doubt that other inventions will work changes even more sweeping than those which the steam engine has brought ...
... invention and all it has led to is only a step on the way to harnessing the forces of nature to the service of man . doubt that other inventions will work changes even more sweeping than those which the steam engine has brought ...
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