James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... matters . This settled the question , as I supposed , but in this I was mistaken . Why shouldn't I write the Life of the maker of the steam - engine , out of which I had made fortune ? Besides , I knew little of the history of the Steam ...
... matters . This settled the question , as I supposed , but in this I was mistaken . Why shouldn't I write the Life of the maker of the steam - engine , out of which I had made fortune ? Besides , I knew little of the history of the Steam ...
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... matters little . They should have occurred , for they are too good to lose . We could part with many of the actual characters of the flesh in history without much loss ; banish the imaginary host of the spirit and we were poor indeed ...
... matters little . They should have occurred , for they are too good to lose . We could part with many of the actual characters of the flesh in history without much loss ; banish the imaginary host of the spirit and we were poor indeed ...
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... matter with most young men . There was never room for any question of choice with young Watt . The occupation had chosen him , as is the case with genius . " Talent does " what it can , genius what it must . " When the goddess lays her ...
... matter with most young men . There was never room for any question of choice with young Watt . The occupation had chosen him , as is the case with genius . " Talent does " what it can , genius what it must . " When the goddess lays her ...
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... matter those days was in French and Italian , of which there were no translations . Watt promptly began to ac- quire these languages , that he might know all that was to be known . He could not await the coming of the model , which did ...
... matter those days was in French and Italian , of which there were no translations . Watt promptly began to ac- quire these languages , that he might know all that was to be known . He could not await the coming of the model , which did ...
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... matter at what pressure . This is James Watt's discovery , and it led him to the use of high- pressure steam , used expansively . Even coal may yet be superseded before it is ex- hausted , for as eminent an authority as Professor ...
... matter at what pressure . This is James Watt's discovery , and it led him to the use of high- pressure steam , used expansively . Even coal may yet be superseded before it is ex- hausted , for as eminent an authority as Professor ...
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