The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His CorrespondenceJohn Murray, 1859 - 572 Seiten |
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... Patent of 1769 Page 143 .. 156 CHAPTER XIV . Specification of the Patent of 1769 — Interrupted negotiations Continued experiments — Expansive power of steam Successful trial of engine at Kinneil Pipe - condenser - Further negotia- tions ...
... Patent of 1769 Page 143 .. 156 CHAPTER XIV . Specification of the Patent of 1769 — Interrupted negotiations Continued experiments — Expansive power of steam Successful trial of engine at Kinneil Pipe - condenser - Further negotia- tions ...
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... Patent of 1780 for copying - machine- Machine for drying linen by steam Patent of 1781 " Sun and planet wheels " . Patent of 1782 - Expansive principle - Double - acting engine - Double or com- pound engine --- 256 CHAPTER XIX . Steam ...
... Patent of 1780 for copying - machine- Machine for drying linen by steam Patent of 1781 " Sun and planet wheels " . Patent of 1782 - Expansive principle - Double - acting engine - Double or com- pound engine --- 256 CHAPTER XIX . Steam ...
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... patent of 1769- Nature of the evidence T. Tredgold Verdicts in favour of the patentees the patent of 1769 conclusively established - - - CHAPTER XXIV . - .. - - J. Bramah and Validity of Page .. 375 Termination of the patent - privilege ...
... patent of 1769- Nature of the evidence T. Tredgold Verdicts in favour of the patentees the patent of 1769 conclusively established - - - CHAPTER XXIV . - .. - - J. Bramah and Validity of Page .. 375 Termination of the patent - privilege ...
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... patent globes . Mr. " Neale is the frankest tradesman of any of the fraternity I " have seen . In the meantime I shall endeavour to 66 see him employed at Mr. Neale's , who inclines to have " some of his work to show . " His specimens ...
... patent globes . Mr. " Neale is the frankest tradesman of any of the fraternity I " have seen . In the meantime I shall endeavour to 66 see him employed at Mr. Neale's , who inclines to have " some of his work to show . " His specimens ...
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... patent of 1769 ; and again in the specification " of another patent in the year 1784 , together with a mode " of applying it to the moving of wheel - carriages . 66 " The attention necessary to the avocations of business pre- " vented ...
... patent of 1769 ; and again in the specification " of another patent in the year 1784 , together with a mode " of applying it to the moving of wheel - carriages . 66 " The attention necessary to the avocations of business pre- " vented ...
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Seite ix - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Seite 325 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Seite 22 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 470 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Seite 498 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Seite 423 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Seite 494 - ... the world the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt, was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
Seite ix - That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use.
Seite 419 - Nor was this all the honour done to his reverend ashes; for as there be some persons that will not receive a reward for that for which God accounts Himself a debtor; persons that dare trust God with their charity, and without a witness; so there was, by some grateful unknown friend, that thought Dr. Donne's memory ought to be perpetuated, an hundred marks sent to his two faithful friends and executors (Dr.
Seite 512 - It is needless to say that, with those vast resources, his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree ; but it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk, at least in his...