James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 15
... true , as his fellow- workmen in the shop predicted , that " Jamie's fortune was at his finger - ends . " As before stated , he proved a backward scholar for a time , at the grammar school . No one seems to have divined the latent ...
... true , as his fellow- workmen in the shop predicted , that " Jamie's fortune was at his finger - ends . " As before stated , he proved a backward scholar for a time , at the grammar school . No one seems to have divined the latent ...
Page 17
... true child of the mist , brimful of poetry and romance , which he was ever ready to shower upon his friends . An omniverous reader , in after life he vindicated his prac- tice of reading every book he found , alleging that he had ...
... true child of the mist , brimful of poetry and romance , which he was ever ready to shower upon his friends . An omniverous reader , in after life he vindicated his prac- tice of reading every book he found , alleging that he had ...
Page 23
... true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes unrecognised or unaided . Men with kind hearts , wise heads , and influence strong to aid , stand ready at every turn to take modest merit by the hand and give it the only aid ...
... true it is that the worthy , aspiring youth rarely goes unrecognised or unaided . Men with kind hearts , wise heads , and influence strong to aid , stand ready at every turn to take modest merit by the hand and give it the only aid ...
Page 28
... . Wise young man in this he was . There is not much outcome in the youth who does not already see himself captain in his dreams , and steers his barque accordingly , true to the course already laid down , 28 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... . Wise young man in this he was . There is not much outcome in the youth who does not already see himself captain in his dreams , and steers his barque accordingly , true to the course already laid down , 28 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
Page 29
Andrew Carnegie. accordingly , true to the course already laid down , not to be departed from , under any stress of weather . We see the kind of stuff this young Scotch lad was made of in the tenacity with which he held to his plan . At ...
Andrew Carnegie. accordingly , true to the course already laid down , not to be departed from , under any stress of weather . We see the kind of stuff this young Scotch lad was made of in the tenacity with which he held to his plan . At ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
altho Argand burner became Birmingham Boulton and Watt Britain canal Captain coal condenser Cornwall cylinder discovery doubt erected expansively experiments famous father fortune genius give Glasgow Greenock hand heart honor horse-power idea improved instrument invention inventor James Watt Jamie kind knew labor latent heat less letter London Lord Lord Brougham Lord Kelvin Lunar Society machine machinery manufacture mathematical matter mechanical ment mind mother motion Muirhead Murdoch nature needed never Newcomen engine partner partnership passed patent perfect philosopher phlogiston piston pound Priestley principle probably Professor Black proved pump record rendered Richard Lovell Edgeworth Robison Roebuck says Scot Scotch Scotland seems ship skilled Soho soon steam engine stroke success things tion to-day trial trouble Watt and Boulton Watt engine Watt wrote Watt's day wonder workmen writes young youth