James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... knew little of the history of the Steam Engine and of Watt him- self , and the surest way to obtain knowledge was to comply with the publisher's highly complimentary request . In short , the subject would not down , and finally , I was ...
... knew little of the history of the Steam Engine and of Watt him- self , and the surest way to obtain knowledge was to comply with the publisher's highly complimentary request . In short , the subject would not down , and finally , I was ...
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... knew , and , we may be sure , fed him on the poetry and romance upon which she herself had fed , and for which he became noted in after life . He was rated as a backward scholar at school , and his education was considered very much ...
... knew , and , we may be sure , fed him on the poetry and romance upon which she herself had fed , and for which he became noted in after life . He was rated as a backward scholar at school , and his education was considered very much ...
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... knew he must make " himself . " A few valuable books were not for- gotten , among them Bion's work on the " Construction " 6 ' and Use of Mathematical Instruments " -nothing per- taining to his craft but he would know . King he would be ...
... knew he must make " himself . " A few valuable books were not for- gotten , among them Bion's work on the " Construction " 6 ' and Use of Mathematical Instruments " -nothing per- taining to his craft but he would know . King he would be ...
Page 39
... knew most things and could make anything . " Watt knew nothing about organs , but he immediately undertook the work ( 1762 ) , and the result was an in- disputable success that led to his constructing , for a RETURN TO GLASGOW 39.
... knew most things and could make anything . " Watt knew nothing about organs , but he immediately undertook the work ( 1762 ) , and the result was an in- disputable success that led to his constructing , for a RETURN TO GLASGOW 39.
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... knew more of the science of 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 ...
... knew more of the science of 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 ...
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