James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 13
... workmen - a wise and epoch - making gift , for young Watt soon revealed such wonderful manual dexterity , and could do such astonishing things , that the verdict of one of the workmen , " Jamie has a " fortune at his finger - ends ...
... workmen - a wise and epoch - making gift , for young Watt soon revealed such wonderful manual dexterity , and could do such astonishing things , that the verdict of one of the workmen , " Jamie has a " fortune at his finger - ends ...
Page 14
... workmen as they experienced the crudeness of existing methods . In- deed , few important inventions have come from those who have not been thus employed . It is with inventors as with poets ; few have been born to the purple or with ...
... workmen as they experienced the crudeness of existing methods . In- deed , few important inventions have come from those who have not been thus employed . It is with inventors as with poets ; few have been born to the purple or with ...
Page 15
... 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 powers smoldering within ...
... 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 powers smoldering within ...
Page 59
... was to have been expected , for his work soon made a reputation as being most perfectly executed . At first he was able to carry out all his orders himself ; now he had as many as sixteen workmen . He took a Mr. Craig CAPTURED BY STEAM 59.
... was to have been expected , for his work soon made a reputation as being most perfectly executed . At first he was able to carry out all his orders himself ; now he had as many as sixteen workmen . He took a Mr. Craig CAPTURED BY STEAM 59.
Page 60
Andrew Carnegie. many as sixteen workmen . He took a Mr. Craig as a partner , to obtain needed capital . His profits one ... workmen , even in their own crafts . Were Watt to revisit the earth to - day , he would not easily find a more ...
Andrew Carnegie. many as sixteen workmen . He took a Mr. Craig as a partner , to obtain needed capital . His profits one ... workmen , even in their own crafts . Were Watt to revisit the earth to - day , he would not easily find a more ...
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