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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... ' shall appear in an authentic form , their evidence must be admitted ; until then he should not be inclined to commence the history of the inven . tion of the steamboat so far back as 1543. For 14 AMERICAN MECHANICS .
... ' shall appear in an authentic form , their evidence must be admitted ; until then he should not be inclined to commence the history of the inven . tion of the steamboat so far back as 1543. For 14 AMERICAN MECHANICS .
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... tion of the steamboat so far back as 1543. For circumstantial as the account is , it seems to have been written since the days of Fulton . " He is not alone in this opinion , as it is universally regarded as a mere fiction , the ...
... tion of the steamboat so far back as 1543. For circumstantial as the account is , it seems to have been written since the days of Fulton . " He is not alone in this opinion , as it is universally regarded as a mere fiction , the ...
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... tion to something else , in order to raise means to resume it . He undertook with the same power , but by its more judicious application , to produce higher results in several waterworks , in all which he succeeded , realizing thereby ...
... tion to something else , in order to raise means to resume it . He undertook with the same power , but by its more judicious application , to produce higher results in several waterworks , in all which he succeeded , realizing thereby ...
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... tion , as Mr. Rumsey's company ( of which the late Messrs . Bing- ham , Myers , Fisher , and many other worthy gentlemen , were members , ) were excluded from the right of using steamboats on any principle . " " " At another time , in ...
... tion , as Mr. Rumsey's company ( of which the late Messrs . Bing- ham , Myers , Fisher , and many other worthy gentlemen , were members , ) were excluded from the right of using steamboats on any principle . " " " At another time , in ...
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... tion which has become so extensively popular , that every one of our readers is probably familiar with it . We shall quote , in his own words , the account he gives us of the manner in which he pursued one branch of his studies : - " I ...
... tion which has become so extensively popular , that every one of our readers is probably familiar with it . We shall quote , in his own words , the account he gives us of the manner in which he pursued one branch of his studies : - " I ...
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