James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Andrew Carnegie. and again , until satisfied of their accuracy . A small electrical machine was one of his productions with which he startled his companions . Visits to his uncle Muirhead at Glasgow were frequent , and here he formed ...
Andrew Carnegie. and again , until satisfied of their accuracy . A small electrical machine was one of his productions with which he startled his companions . Visits to his uncle Muirhead at Glasgow were frequent , and here he formed ...
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... machine , but the problem of using and storing the forces of nature which now go to waste . Now to us who live on the earth there is only one source of power - the sun . Darken the sun and every engine on the earth's surface would soon ...
... machine , but the problem of using and storing the forces of nature which now go to waste . Now to us who live on the earth there is only one source of power - the sun . Darken the sun and every engine on the earth's surface would soon ...
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... machine has to - day or probably ever can have . Little knew Shakespeare of man's perfect power of motion which utilises all energy ! How came he then to exclaim " What a piece of work is man ; how infinite in faculty ; " in form and ...
... machine has to - day or probably ever can have . Little knew Shakespeare of man's perfect power of motion which utilises all energy ! How came he then to exclaim " What a piece of work is man ; how infinite in faculty ; " in form and ...
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... machine , alas , " snifted at many openings . " Little can our mechanics of to - day estimate what " perfect joints " meant in those days . The entire cor- rectness of the great idea was , however , demonstrated by the trials made . The ...
... machine , alas , " snifted at many openings . " Little can our mechanics of to - day estimate what " perfect joints " meant in those days . The entire cor- rectness of the great idea was , however , demonstrated by the trials made . The ...
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... machine . I can " think of nothing else . " Of course not ; he was hot in the chase of the biggest game hunter ever had laid eyes on . He had seen it , and he knew he had the weapons to bring it down . A larger model , free as possible ...
... machine . I can " think of nothing else . " Of course not ; he was hot in the chase of the biggest game hunter ever had laid eyes on . He had seen it , and he knew he had the weapons to bring it down . A larger model , free as possible ...
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