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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... , which was more than he was enabled to lift without resting it upon his knees , carried it to the hearth , and threw it down . In so doing he blistered his manner . hands and set his hair in a blaze 2 * JOHN FITCH 17.
... , which was more than he was enabled to lift without resting it upon his knees , carried it to the hearth , and threw it down . In so doing he blistered his manner . hands and set his hair in a blaze 2 * JOHN FITCH 17.
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... manner . hands and set his hair in a blaze , but , smothering the fire on his head with his naked hands , he sprang and grasped the other bundle and brought it to the same place , blistering his hands and setting his head on fire the ...
... manner . hands and set his hair in a blaze , but , smothering the fire on his head with his naked hands , he sprang and grasped the other bundle and brought it to the same place , blistering his hands and setting his head on fire the ...
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... manner , although I was exceedingly small of my age , and scarcely able to swingle more than two pounds of flax , or thresh more than two bushels of grain , with the steadiness of a man of thirty years for that trifling , pitiful labor ...
... manner , although I was exceedingly small of my age , and scarcely able to swingle more than two pounds of flax , or thresh more than two bushels of grain , with the steadiness of a man of thirty years for that trifling , pitiful labor ...
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... manner as to put him in continual apprehension of a beating . " For this treatment , " says he , " I do not thank my unfeeling father and tyrant brother ; and although I have not seen him for twenty years , would not go to the nearest ...
... manner as to put him in continual apprehension of a beating . " For this treatment , " says he , " I do not thank my unfeeling father and tyrant brother ; and although I have not seen him for twenty years , would not go to the nearest ...
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... manner from her husband , as good wives endeavor to recommend themselves to their husbands by adopting their sentiments . " Other obstacles were thrown in his way , but he successfully overcame them . He describes the clockmaker as an ...
... manner from her husband , as good wives endeavor to recommend themselves to their husbands by adopting their sentiments . " Other obstacles were thrown in his way , but he successfully overcame them . He describes the clockmaker as an ...
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