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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... soon discharged it , but was obliged to return the seed to my father in the fall . I " What makes me pretty sure it happened when I was eleven years of age , is this : it was about one year after I planted the potatoes before I got the ...
... soon discharged it , but was obliged to return the seed to my father in the fall . I " What makes me pretty sure it happened when I was eleven years of age , is this : it was about one year after I planted the potatoes before I got the ...
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... soon after , the late Mr. James Rumsey , * conceiving he had made some discoveries in perfecting the same , applied to the state of Pennsylvania for a patent ; but a company formed by John * Biographical Sketch of James Rumsey .- " This ...
... soon after , the late Mr. James Rumsey , * conceiving he had made some discoveries in perfecting the same , applied to the state of Pennsylvania for a patent ; but a company formed by John * Biographical Sketch of James Rumsey .- " This ...
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... soon acquiring a great proficiency in his business , in which he was every day becoming more useful to his brother . After some time , too , his access to books was greatly facilitated by the kindness of a liberal - minded merchant ...
... soon acquiring a great proficiency in his business , in which he was every day becoming more useful to his brother . After some time , too , his access to books was greatly facilitated by the kindness of a liberal - minded merchant ...
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... soon after afforded him , very unexpectedly , an opportunity of extricating himself from his indenture to his brother , who had all along treated him with great harshness , and to whom his rising literary reputation only made him more ...
... soon after afforded him , very unexpectedly , an opportunity of extricating himself from his indenture to his brother , who had all along treated him with great harshness , and to whom his rising literary reputation only made him more ...
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... soon as supper was laid , he called his landlord , when the following dialogue took place between them . " Pray , are you married ? " " Yes . " " What family have you got ? " " Two sons and three daughters . " " How many servants ...
... soon as supper was laid , he called his landlord , when the following dialogue took place between them . " Pray , are you married ? " " Yes . " " What family have you got ? " " Two sons and three daughters . " " How many servants ...
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