James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 13
... a common saying among them . The most complicated work seemed to come naturally to him . One model after another was produced to the wonder and delight of his older fellow- workmen . Jamie was the pride of the shop , CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 13.
... a common saying among them . The most complicated work seemed to come naturally to him . One model after another was produced to the wonder and delight of his older fellow- workmen . Jamie was the pride of the shop , CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 13.
Page 36
... wonder at this , but it was in strict accordance with the spirit of the times . When the sky was darkest , the clouds broke and revealed the university as his guardian angel . Dr. Dick , Professor of natural philosophy , knowing of ...
... wonder at this , but it was in strict accordance with the spirit of the times . When the sky was darkest , the clouds broke and revealed the university as his guardian angel . Dr. Dick , Professor of natural philosophy , knowing of ...
Page 62
... wonder the cylinder leaked . It had to be hammered into something like true lines , for at that day so back- ward was the art that not even the whole collective mechanical skill of cylinder - making could furnish a bored cylinder of the ...
... wonder the cylinder leaked . It had to be hammered into something like true lines , for at that day so back- ward was the art that not even the whole collective mechanical skill of cylinder - making could furnish a bored cylinder of the ...
Page 106
... wonder , the Watt engine . As it approached completion , Watt became impatient to test its powers , but the prudent , calm Boulton in- sisted that not one stroke be made until every possible hindrance to successful working had been ...
... wonder , the Watt engine . As it approached completion , Watt became impatient to test its powers , but the prudent , calm Boulton in- sisted that not one stroke be made until every possible hindrance to successful working had been ...
Page 107
... wonder when we read that of thirty engines of former makers in one coal- mining district only eighteen were at work . The others had failed . Boulton wrote Watt to tell Wilkinson to get a dozen cylinders cast and bored . • I have fixed ...
... wonder when we read that of thirty engines of former makers in one coal- mining district only eighteen were at work . The others had failed . Boulton wrote Watt to tell Wilkinson to get a dozen cylinders cast and bored . • I have fixed ...
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