James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... later the Kirk Session of Greenock , notwithstanding his contumacy , found him " blameless in life and conversation , " and appointed him an Elder , which required him to overlook not only religious observances , but the manners and ...
... later the Kirk Session of Greenock , notwithstanding his contumacy , found him " blameless in life and conversation , " and appointed him an Elder , which required him to overlook not only religious observances , but the manners and ...
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... later years , but Watt was pre - eminently a precocious child , and of this several proofs are related . A friend looking at the child of six said to his father , " You ought to " send your boy to a public school , and not allow " him ...
... later years , but Watt was pre - eminently a precocious child , and of this several proofs are related . A friend looking at the child of six said to his father , " You ought to " send your boy to a public school , and not allow " him ...
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... later on that had it not been for Watt's inherited and acquired manual dexterity , it is probable that the steam engine could never have been perfected , so often did failure of experiments arise solely because it was in that day ...
... later on that had it not been for Watt's inherited and acquired manual dexterity , it is probable that the steam engine could never have been perfected , so often did failure of experiments arise solely because it was in that day ...
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... later years in colleges and universities of their own land , so that early friendships may not be broken , but grow closer with the years . Watt at all events was fortunate in this respect . His schoolmate , Andrew Anderson , brought ...
... later years in colleges and universities of their own land , so that early friendships may not be broken , but grow closer with the years . Watt at all events was fortunate in this respect . His schoolmate , Andrew Anderson , brought ...
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... later years , just as the first week's wages of youth , money earned by service rendered , proclaiming coming man- hood , brings with it a thrill and glow of proud satis- faction , compared with which all the millions of later years are ...
... later years , just as the first week's wages of youth , money earned by service rendered , proclaiming coming man- hood , brings with it a thrill and glow of proud satis- faction , compared with which all the millions of later years are ...
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