 We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; but, in truth, as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so...  Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives - Page 305by Samuel Neil - 1865 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 310 pages
...1819, thus expresses himself in reference to the steam-engine : — "We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | Harry Howells Horton - 1853 - 304 pages
...1819, thus expresses himself in reference to the steam-engine : — "We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...will probably pass away before it shall have gathered " all its fame." We have said that Mr. Watt was the great Improver of the steamengine ; but, in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...away before it shall have gathered " all its fame." We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improerr of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to all that...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inrciitor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | Thomas Osmond Summers - 1856 - 200 pages
...will probably pass away before it shall have gathered all its fame. We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine; but, in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...and nights to the volumes of Addison. DE JOHNSON. 7. CHARACTER OF JAMES WATT. WATT has been called the great Improver of the steam-engine, but in truth,...admirable in its structure or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1858 - 630 pages
...words of Mr. Stuart, in his descriptive history of the steam-. engine; " We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine ; but in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his invention that its action was so regulated... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1858 - 656 pages
...probably pass away, before it shall have " gathered ' all its fame.' We have said that Mr. Watt was " the great improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth, as to " all that is admirable in ite structure, or vast in its utility, " he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...nliernately at the top and at the bottom of the piston ; now forcing it up, now forcing it down. Watt was the great Improver of the steam-engine ; but, in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its Inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so n'jnilated,... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 440 pages
...will probably pass away before it shall have gathered ' all its fame.' We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine; but, in truth,...admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he should rather be described as its inventor. It was by his inventions that its action was so regulated,... | |
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