James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 38
... practical departments of education , making themselves real universities , " where any man can " study everything worth studying . " A room was assigned to Watt , only about twenty feet square , but it served him as it has done others ...
... practical departments of education , making themselves real universities , " where any man can " study everything worth studying . " A room was assigned to Watt , only about twenty feet square , but it served him as it has done others ...
Page 79
... practical work - performing giant , a rock upon which many sanguine theoretical inventors have been wrecked ! Had Watt been one of that class , he could never have succeeded . Here we have another proof of the soundness of the ...
... practical work - performing giant , a rock upon which many sanguine theoretical inventors have been wrecked ! Had Watt been one of that class , he could never have succeeded . Here we have another proof of the soundness of the ...
Page 94
... practical manufacturer should predict its success as he did . Shortly after this , Professor Robison visited Soho , which was a magnet that attracted the scientists in those days . Boulton told him that he had stopped work upon his ...
... practical manufacturer should predict its success as he did . Shortly after this , Professor Robison visited Soho , which was a magnet that attracted the scientists in those days . Boulton told him that he had stopped work upon his ...
Page 100
... practical chemist , a wit and a man of learning ; Dr. Small , the accomplished physician , chemist and mechanist ; Josiah Wedg- wood , the practical philosopher and manufacturer , founder of a new and important branch of skilled ...
... practical chemist , a wit and a man of learning ; Dr. Small , the accomplished physician , chemist and mechanist ; Josiah Wedg- wood , the practical philosopher and manufacturer , founder of a new and important branch of skilled ...
Page 109
... practical use . There was apparently much to be said for this opinion , for we clearly see that Watt was far in advance of his day in mechanical requirements . Hence his serious difficulties in the construction of the complex engine ...
... practical use . There was apparently much to be said for this opinion , for we clearly see that Watt was far in advance of his day in mechanical requirements . Hence his serious difficulties in the construction of the complex engine ...
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