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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... Machinery 457 · Babbage's Calculating Machine Automaton Chess Player • Chinese Bamboo Irrigation Wheel Discovery of Gunpowder , and Inventions arising there . 457 460 469 from 470 • A few Remarks on the Relation which subsists between a ...
... Machinery 457 · Babbage's Calculating Machine Automaton Chess Player • Chinese Bamboo Irrigation Wheel Discovery of Gunpowder , and Inventions arising there . 457 460 469 from 470 • A few Remarks on the Relation which subsists between a ...
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... machinery did not occupy a space greater than that required for four barrels of flour . The fuel consumed was not more than from four to six bushels of coals in twelve hours . Rumsey's other project was to apply the power of a steam ...
... machinery did not occupy a space greater than that required for four barrels of flour . The fuel consumed was not more than from four to six bushels of coals in twelve hours . Rumsey's other project was to apply the power of a steam ...
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... machinery so near to the point of completion , as to be able to indi- cate a day not very distant for a public exhibition , when his sudden death occurred from apoplexy , while discussing the principle of one of his inventions before a ...
... machinery so near to the point of completion , as to be able to indi- cate a day not very distant for a public exhibition , when his sudden death occurred from apoplexy , while discussing the principle of one of his inventions before a ...
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... machinery be felt . This , sir , will be the mode of crossing the Atlantic in time , whether I bring it to perfection or not , for packets and armed vessels . I mean to make use of the wind when we have it , and in a calm to pursue the ...
... machinery be felt . This , sir , will be the mode of crossing the Atlantic in time , whether I bring it to perfection or not , for packets and armed vessels . I mean to make use of the wind when we have it , and in a calm to pursue the ...
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... machinery be felt. This, sir, will be the mode of crossing the Atlantic in time, whether I bring it to perfection or not, for packets and armed vessels. I mean to make use of the wind when we have it, and in a calm to pursue the voyage ...
... machinery be felt. This, sir, will be the mode of crossing the Atlantic in time, whether I bring it to perfection or not, for packets and armed vessels. I mean to make use of the wind when we have it, and in a calm to pursue the voyage ...
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