James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Andrew Carnegie. To the old home in Scotland our hero's face was now turned in the autumn of 1756 , his twentieth year . His native air , best medicine of all for the invalid exile , soon restored his health , and to Glasgow he then went ...
Andrew Carnegie. To the old home in Scotland our hero's face was now turned in the autumn of 1756 , his twentieth year . His native air , best medicine of all for the invalid exile , soon restored his health , and to Glasgow he then went ...
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... turned to vapor . Then the powerful force is in- stantly imbued with life and we harness it for our purposes . The description of latent heat which gave the writer the clearest idea of it , and at the same time a much - needed reminder ...
... turned to vapor . Then the powerful force is in- stantly imbued with life and we harness it for our purposes . The description of latent heat which gave the writer the clearest idea of it , and at the same time a much - needed reminder ...
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... turned into light ; or , in other words , from coal to light we get on an average only about one - half of 1 per cent . of the original energy , a wastage of ninety - nine and one - half of every hundred pounds of coal used . The very ...
... turned into light ; or , in other words , from coal to light we get on an average only about one - half of 1 per cent . of the original energy , a wastage of ninety - nine and one - half of every hundred pounds of coal used . The very ...
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... turned upon a word or two too much or too little . It was as danger- ous to omit as to admit . Professionals agree in opinion that Watt here displayed extraordinary ability . In nothing has public opinion more completely changed than in ...
... turned upon a word or two too much or too little . It was as danger- ous to omit as to admit . Professionals agree in opinion that Watt here displayed extraordinary ability . In nothing has public opinion more completely changed than in ...
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... . " I had , " he said , " a wife and children , and I saw myself growing gray without " having any settled way of providing for them . " He turned again to surveying and prospered , for few such PARTNERSHIP WITH ROEBUCK 81.
... . " I had , " he said , " a wife and children , and I saw myself growing gray without " having any settled way of providing for them . " He turned again to surveying and prospered , for few such PARTNERSHIP WITH ROEBUCK 81.
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