James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX . Watt in Old Age 213 X. Watt , the Inventor and Discoverer 223 XI . Watt , the Man 233 Childhood and Youth CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH AMES WATT.
... 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX . Watt in Old Age 213 X. Watt , the Inventor and Discoverer 223 XI . Watt , the Man 233 Childhood and Youth CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH AMES WATT.
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... inventor , 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 ...
... inventor , 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 ...
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... inventors as with poets ; few have been born to the purple or with silver spoons in their mouths , and we shall plainly see ... inventor . His problem was to teach them by example how to obtain the exact work required when the tools of ...
... inventors as with poets ; few have been born to the purple or with silver spoons in their mouths , and we shall plainly see ... inventor . His problem was to teach them by example how to obtain the exact work required when the tools of ...
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... inventor who had such reason to thank fortune that in his youth he had learned to work with his hands . It proved literally true , as his fellow- workmen in the shop predicted , that " Jamie's fortune was at his finger - ends . " As ...
... inventor who had such reason to thank fortune that in his youth he had learned to work with his hands . It proved literally true , as his fellow- workmen in the shop predicted , that " Jamie's fortune was at his finger - ends . " As ...
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... , 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.
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