James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... Birmingham 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX . Watt in Old Age 213 X. Watt , the Inventor and Discoverer 223 XI . Watt , the Man 233 Childhood and Youth CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH AMES WATT.
... Birmingham 121 VII . Second Patent 157 VIII . The Record of the Steam Engine 195 IX . Watt in Old Age 213 X. Watt , the Inventor and Discoverer 223 XI . Watt , the Man 233 Childhood and Youth CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH AMES WATT.
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... patent in 1769 : " To make a perfect steam " engine it was necessary that the cylinder should be " always as hot as the steam which entered it , and " that the steam should be cooled below 100 ° to exert " its full powers . " Watt ...
... patent in 1769 : " To make a perfect steam " engine it was necessary that the cylinder should be " always as hot as the steam which entered it , and " that the steam should be cooled below 100 ° to exert " its full powers . " Watt ...
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... patent for the engine . In return , he became owner of two thirds of the invention . " " " " Next year Watt made trial of a new and larger model , with unsatisfactory results upon the first trial . He wrote Roebuck that " by an ...
... patent for the engine . In return , he became owner of two thirds of the invention . " " " " Next year Watt made trial of a new and larger model , with unsatisfactory results upon the first trial . He wrote Roebuck that " by an ...
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... patent was decided upon , a matter of course and almost of formality in our day , but far from this at that time , when it was considered monopolistic and was highly unpopular on that account . Watt went to Berwick - on - Tweed to make ...
... patent was decided upon , a matter of course and almost of formality in our day , but far from this at that time , when it was considered monopolistic and was highly unpopular on that account . Watt went to Berwick - on - Tweed to make ...
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... patents . In Watt's day , the inventor who applied for a patent was a would - be monopolist . The courts shared the popular belief . Lord Brougham vehemently remonstrated against this , declaring that the inventor was entitled to 72 ...
... patents . In Watt's day , the inventor who applied for a patent was a would - be monopolist . The courts shared the popular belief . Lord Brougham vehemently remonstrated against this , declaring that the inventor was entitled to 72 ...
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