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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... obtaining employment as a day - laborer . - Turns button - maker . - Revolutionary war . - Repairs arms for the continental army . - Employed in Kentucky as a surveyor . - Taken prisoner by the Indians , and carried into captivity ...
... obtaining employment as a day - laborer . - Turns button - maker . - Revolutionary war . - Repairs arms for the continental army . - Employed in Kentucky as a surveyor . - Taken prisoner by the Indians , and carried into captivity ...
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... obtaining any insight of the subject whatever . Nor did oppression end here ; " although , " he observes , " I possessed a small appetite , I never was given sufficient to satisfy it , except on one occasion , when I managed to make a ...
... obtaining any insight of the subject whatever . Nor did oppression end here ; " although , " he observes , " I possessed a small appetite , I never was given sufficient to satisfy it , except on one occasion , when I managed to make a ...
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... obtained an act , guarantying to him the exclusive use of his invention in navigating the waters of that state . About the same time also he communi- cated his invention to General Washington . In January , 1785 , he obtained a patent ...
... obtained an act , guarantying to him the exclusive use of his invention in navigating the waters of that state . About the same time also he communi- cated his invention to General Washington . In January , 1785 , he obtained a patent ...
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... obtained a decision in our favor , and afterwards also in Delaware . We believed and contended that our claim of propelling boats by steam included all the modes of propelling vessels and boats then known , and that the patent was for ...
... obtained a decision in our favor , and afterwards also in Delaware . We believed and contended that our claim of propelling boats by steam included all the modes of propelling vessels and boats then known , and that the patent was for ...
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... obtained to build the boats , paid the ex- penses of Mr. Fitch , who returned to the United States ; and Mr. Vail afterwards subjected to the examination of Mr. Fulton , when in France , the papers and designs of the steamboat ...
... obtained to build the boats , paid the ex- penses of Mr. Fitch , who returned to the United States ; and Mr. Vail afterwards subjected to the examination of Mr. Fulton , when in France , the papers and designs of the steamboat ...
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