Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics; Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, &c. &c., Relating to the Mechanic ArtsHarper & brothers, 1847 - 482 páginas |
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... • 157 • James Brindley 299 189 · Stanhope 319 • • 196 Matthew Boulton • • · 326 218 John Whitehurst • · 343 Jacob Perkins Thomas Blanchard John Smeaton . AMERICAN MECHANICS . JOHN FITCH , AN EARLY STEAMBOAT INVENTOR 12 ILLUSTRATIONS .
... • 157 • James Brindley 299 189 · Stanhope 319 • • 196 Matthew Boulton • • · 326 218 John Whitehurst • · 343 Jacob Perkins Thomas Blanchard John Smeaton . AMERICAN MECHANICS . JOHN FITCH , AN EARLY STEAMBOAT INVENTOR 12 ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... EARLY STEAMBOAT INVENTOR " The invention all admired , and each how he To be the inventor missed ; so easy it seemed , Once found , which yet unfound , most would have thought Impossible . ' MILTON . Who invented the first steamboat ? - ...
... EARLY STEAMBOAT INVENTOR " The invention all admired , and each how he To be the inventor missed ; so easy it seemed , Once found , which yet unfound , most would have thought Impossible . ' MILTON . Who invented the first steamboat ? - ...
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... early projects of applying steam as a motive power to the propelling of vessels , is given in a treatise printed in London in 1737 , entitled " De- scription and draught of a new - invented machine , for carrying vessels out of , or ...
... early projects of applying steam as a motive power to the propelling of vessels , is given in a treatise printed in London in 1737 , entitled " De- scription and draught of a new - invented machine , for carrying vessels out of , or ...
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... early in the fall I was deprived of her . Although I did not consider my loss , natural affection carried my griefs to a very great excess for a child of my age . " He here , and frequently elsewhere , speaks of his mother with regard ...
... early in the fall I was deprived of her . Although I did not consider my loss , natural affection carried my griefs to a very great excess for a child of my age . " He here , and frequently elsewhere , speaks of his mother with regard ...
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... early patrons , the late Dr. Thornton , of the patent office at Washington , and is entitled " A short account of the origin of steamboats : " - 66 Finding that Mr. Robert Fulton , * whose genius and talents I highly respect , has been ...
... early patrons , the late Dr. Thornton , of the patent office at Washington , and is entitled " A short account of the origin of steamboats : " - 66 Finding that Mr. Robert Fulton , * whose genius and talents I highly respect , has been ...
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