James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... to the order of her establishment , as well as to the every - day happiness of a cheer- ful home . She is described as having been a person above common in many respects , of a fine womanly presence , ladylike in appear- ance , affecting in ...
... to the order of her establishment , as well as to the every - day happiness of a cheer- ful home . She is described as having been a person above common in many respects , of a fine womanly presence , ladylike in appear- ance , affecting in ...
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... to be belittled , for most of the mechanical inventions have come from those ... day impossible to find men capable of executing the plans of the inventor ... of working engines , passed through 14 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... to be belittled , for most of the mechanical inventions have come from those ... day impossible to find men capable of executing the plans of the inventor ... of working engines , passed through 14 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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... day . Watt met his first irreparable loss in 1753 , when his mother suddenly died . The relations between them had been such as are only possible between mother and son . Often had the mother said to ... to rely for their support upon their ...
... day . Watt met his first irreparable loss in 1753 , when his mother suddenly died . The relations between them had been such as are only possible between mother and son . Often had the mother said to ... to rely for their support upon their ...
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Andrew Carnegie. was about to take the journey to London - the only man in the town then who ever did - special prayers were always said in church for his safety . The member of Parliament in Watt's day from the extreme north of Scotland ...
Andrew Carnegie. was about to take the journey to London - the only man in the town then who ever did - special prayers were always said in church for his safety . The member of Parliament in Watt's day from the extreme north of Scotland ...
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... after his day's task was over , and soon made his position secure as a workman . Special- isation he met with for the first time , and he expresses surprise that " very few here know any more than how to " make a rule , others a pair of ...
... after his day's task was over , and soon made his position secure as a workman . Special- isation he met with for the first time , and he expresses surprise that " very few here know any more than how to " make a rule , others a pair of ...
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