James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... of compulsory education for all the people , the secret of Scotland's progress . Great as was the service Knox rendered in the field ecclesiastical , probably what he did for the cause of public education excels 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... of compulsory education for all the people , the secret of Scotland's progress . Great as was the service Knox rendered in the field ecclesiastical , probably what he did for the cause of public education excels 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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... render to society services which command return . This training compels the develop- ment of powers which otherwise would probably lie dormant . Scotch boy as Watt was to the core , with the lowland broad , soft accent , and ignorant of ...
... render to society services which command return . This training compels the develop- ment of powers which otherwise would probably lie dormant . Scotch boy as Watt was to the core , with the lowland broad , soft accent , and ignorant of ...
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... rendered , proclaiming coming man- hood , brings with it a thrill and glow of proud satis- faction , compared with which all the millions of later years are as dross . Writers upon labor , who have never labored , generally make the ...
... rendered , proclaiming coming man- hood , brings with it a thrill and glow of proud satis- faction , compared with which all the millions of later years are as dross . Writers upon labor , who have never labored , generally make the ...
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... rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf , giving him a small room , which could be made accessible to ...
... rendered ocean cables effective . The kind and wise Professors did not stop here . They went pretty far , one cannot but think , when they took the next step in Watt's behalf , giving him a small room , which could be made accessible to ...
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... rendered the Newcomen engine impracticable for general pur- poses , he promptly formulated the one indispensable condition which alone met the problem , and which the successful steam - engine must possess . He abandoned all else for ...
... rendered the Newcomen engine impracticable for general pur- poses , he promptly formulated the one indispensable condition which alone met the problem , and which the successful steam - engine must possess . He abandoned all else for ...
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