James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... pounds , whereupon the plucky fellow who had kept to his course and made port , wrote to his father of his success , praising his master " as being of as good char- acter , both for accuracy in his business , and good morals , as any of ...
... pounds , whereupon the plucky fellow who had kept to his course and made port , wrote to his father of his success , praising his master " as being of as good char- acter , both for accuracy in his business , and good morals , as any of ...
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Andrew Carnegie. twenty pounds premium being duly remitted from home . Up to this time , Watt had been a charge on his father , but it was very small , for he lived in the most frugal style at a cost of only two dollars per week . In one ...
Andrew Carnegie. twenty pounds premium being duly remitted from home . Up to this time , Watt had been a charge on his father , but it was very small , for he lived in the most frugal style at a cost of only two dollars per week . In one ...
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... pounds - the first contract money ever earned by Watt in Glasgow . Good work always tells . Ability cannot be kept down forever ; if crushed to earth , it rises again . So Watt's " good work " brought the Professors to his aid , several ...
... pounds - the first contract money ever earned by Watt in Glasgow . Good work always tells . Ability cannot be kept down forever ; if crushed to earth , it rises again . So Watt's " good work " brought the Professors to his aid , several ...
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... pounds of steam into ten pounds of water at freezing point and the steam would be wholly liquified , i . e . , become water again , at 212 ° , but the ... pounds of steam will convert ten pounds of freezing water 48 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... pounds of steam into ten pounds of water at freezing point and the steam would be wholly liquified , i . e . , become water again , at 212 ° , but the ... pounds of steam will convert ten pounds of freezing water 48 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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Andrew Carnegie. pounds of steam will convert ten pounds of freezing water into boiling water , so great is the ... pound that the most delicate thermometer cannot detect a variation . It is undiscoverable by our senses and yet it ...
Andrew Carnegie. pounds of steam will convert ten pounds of freezing water into boiling water , so great is the ... pound that the most delicate thermometer cannot detect a variation . It is undiscoverable by our senses and yet it ...
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