James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 18
... possible between mother and son . Often had the mother said to her intimates that she had been enabled to bear the loss of her daughter only by the love and care of her dutiful son . Home was home no longer for Jamie , and we are not ...
... possible between mother and son . Often had the mother said to her intimates that she had been enabled to bear the loss of her daughter only by the love and care of her dutiful son . Home was home no longer for Jamie , and we are not ...
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... possible to obtain in Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to give him a personal introduction , which proved efficient . How true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes ...
... possible to obtain in Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to give him a personal introduction , which proved efficient . How true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes ...
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... possible safeguard for a young man , who goes forth " from a pure home , to meet the temptations that beset " his path ? " Various answers are given , but , speaking that as a Scot , reared as Watt was , the writer believes all the ...
... possible safeguard for a young man , who goes forth " from a pure home , to meet the temptations that beset " his path ? " Various answers are given , but , speaking that as a Scot , reared as Watt was , the writer believes all the ...
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... 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 this was conclusive . How the world has travelled onward since those days ! and ...
... 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 this was conclusive . How the world has travelled onward since those days ! and ...
Page 53
... possible with largest and best machinery is a little more than one pound from every hundred con- sumed . When Watt gave to the steam - engine five times its efficiency by utilising the latent heat , he only touched the fringe of the ...
... possible with largest and best machinery is a little more than one pound from every hundred con- sumed . When Watt gave to the steam - engine five times its efficiency by utilising the latent heat , he only touched the fringe of the ...
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