James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... knowledge was to comply with the publisher's highly complimentary request . In short , the subject would not down , and finally , I was compelled to write again , telling them that the idea haunted me , and if they still desired me to ...
... knowledge was to comply with the publisher's highly complimentary request . In short , the subject would not down , and finally , I was compelled to write again , telling them that the idea haunted me , and if they still desired me to ...
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... knowledge of the usual effect of the heritage of milliondom upon the sons of millionaires leads him fully to concur with these high authorities , and to believe that it is neither to the rich nor to the noble that human society has to ...
... knowledge of the usual effect of the heritage of milliondom upon the sons of millionaires leads him fully to concur with these high authorities , and to believe that it is neither to the rich nor to the noble that human society has to ...
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... knowledge thereof . Naturally Glasgow was decided upon as the proper place in which to begin , and Watt took up his abode there with his maternal relatives , the Muirheads , carry- ing his tools with him . No mathematical instrument ...
... knowledge thereof . Naturally Glasgow was decided upon as the proper place in which to begin , and Watt took up his abode there with his maternal relatives , the Muirheads , carry- ing his tools with him . No mathematical instrument ...
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... into his life the noted Professor , with all his knowledge , kindness and influence , and opened to him the kind of library he most needed . Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow CHAPTER II GLASGOW 20 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... into his life the noted Professor , with all his knowledge , kindness and influence , and opened to him the kind of library he most needed . Glasgow to London - Return to Glasgow CHAPTER II GLASGOW 20 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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... knowledge and experience of the craft , the only door through which entrance was possible , but he had travelled too quickly ; besides he was " neither the son of a burgess , nor had " he served an apprenticeship in the borough , " and ...
... knowledge and experience of the craft , the only door through which entrance was possible , but he had travelled too quickly ; besides he was " neither the son of a burgess , nor had " he served an apprenticeship in the borough , " and ...
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