 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
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...of his death in 1819. . . . We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam engine ; 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 regulated... | |
 | Burns Club of St. Louis - 1918 - 100 pages
...speak of it in other terms. "We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam engine; 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 regulated... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1820 - 566 pages
...before it shall have " gathered all its fame." We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver uf the steam-engine ; 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 invention that its action was so regulated... | |
 | 1820 - 618 pages
...its fame." We have said that Mr. Watt was the great improver of the steam-engine; but, in truth, ai 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 invention that its action wai so regulated... | |
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