James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 28
... remained the venerated father in Greenock , and the letters regularly written to him , some of which have fortunately been preserved , abundantly prove that , tho far from home , yet in home and family ties and family duties the young ...
... remained the venerated father in Greenock , and the letters regularly written to him , some of which have fortunately been preserved , abundantly prove that , tho far from home , yet in home and family ties and family duties the young ...
Page 54
... remained another discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the ...
... remained another discovery yet to make . Watt found that no less than four - fifths of all the steam used was lost in heating the cold cylinder , and only one - fifth performed service by acting on the piston . Prevent this , and the ...
Page 63
... remained an " airy nothing , " had he not been also the mechanician able to produce it in the concrete . It is not , therefore , only Watt the inventor , Watt the discoverer , but also Watt , the manual worker , that stands forth . As ...
... remained an " airy nothing , " had he not been also the mechanician able to produce it in the concrete . It is not , therefore , only Watt the inventor , Watt the discoverer , but also Watt , the manual worker , that stands forth . As ...
Page 79
... remained . Many things were tried for packing - cork , oiled rags , old hats ( felt probably ) , paper , horse dung , etc. , etc. Still the steam escaped , even after a thorough over- hauling . The second experiment also failed . So ...
... remained . Many things were tried for packing - cork , oiled rags , old hats ( felt probably ) , paper , horse dung , etc. , etc. Still the steam escaped , even after a thorough over- hauling . The second experiment also failed . So ...
Page 96
... remained the right and only foundation upon which to develop the steam engine , but many minor obstacles intervened , requiring Watt's inventive and mechanical genius to overcome . The transfer of Roebuck's two - third interest to ...
... remained the right and only foundation upon which to develop the steam engine , but many minor obstacles intervened , requiring Watt's inventive and mechanical genius to overcome . The transfer of Roebuck's two - third interest to ...
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