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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... steam engine . The days of tournaments are past , -the mechanic fairs are our tilting grounds , " where the conflict is not for physical superiority , but for inventions best promoting the comfort and elegance of life . Although much ...
... steam engine . The days of tournaments are past , -the mechanic fairs are our tilting grounds , " where the conflict is not for physical superiority , but for inventions best promoting the comfort and elegance of life . Although much ...
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... a Machine and its Model 471 Shoes and Buckles 475 • The Croton Aqueduct Cugnot's Steam Carriage Eloquent Description . Watchmaker's Epitaph 476 479 480 482 ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE . Fitch's Steamboat • · The first 10 CONTENTS .
... a Machine and its Model 471 Shoes and Buckles 475 • The Croton Aqueduct Cugnot's Steam Carriage Eloquent Description . Watchmaker's Epitaph 476 479 480 482 ILLUSTRATIONS . FRONTISPIECE . Fitch's Steamboat • · The first 10 CONTENTS .
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... steam - Blasco de Garay . - Jonathan Hulls . - Fitch's manuscript . - Birth . - Character of his parents . - Loses his mother . - Juvenile heroism . - Mother - in - law . - Schoolboy days . - Becomes a great arithmetician . - Father's ...
... steam - Blasco de Garay . - Jonathan Hulls . - Fitch's manuscript . - Birth . - Character of his parents . - Loses his mother . - Juvenile heroism . - Mother - in - law . - Schoolboy days . - Becomes a great arithmetician . - Father's ...
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... 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 into any harbor , port , or ...
... 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 into any harbor , port , or ...
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... Steam Boot building , I experenew the former and quit in season , and had been in my right sences I should undoubtedly treated the latter in the same manner one man to be teised with Both , he must be looked upon as the ma en fortunate ...
... Steam Boot building , I experenew the former and quit in season , and had been in my right sences I should undoubtedly treated the latter in the same manner one man to be teised with Both , he must be looked upon as the ma en fortunate ...
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