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... idea of their magnitude may be gathered from such facts as these : -that less than a single century ago , only a few clumsy and im- perfect " fire - engines , " of the old atmospheric sort , were employed in pumping water out of some ...
... idea of their magnitude may be gathered from such facts as these : -that less than a single century ago , only a few clumsy and im- perfect " fire - engines , " of the old atmospheric sort , were employed in pumping water out of some ...
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... IDEA OF THE PARALLEL MOTION 26. WORKING MODEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE STEAM - ENGINE MADE BY MR . WILLIAM MURDOCK IN 1784 .. 288 .. .. 438 27. AXLE OF ROTATIVE MOVEMENT , AND OF STEAM - CARRIAGE 440 28. INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE SPECIFIC ...
... IDEA OF THE PARALLEL MOTION 26. WORKING MODEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE STEAM - ENGINE MADE BY MR . WILLIAM MURDOCK IN 1784 .. 288 .. .. 438 27. AXLE OF ROTATIVE MOVEMENT , AND OF STEAM - CARRIAGE 440 28. INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING THE SPECIFIC ...
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... idea . " " Thus , the multiplication of diversified forms and effects which the living energies of machinery mysteriously call forth from shapeless , inert , and appa- rently inadequate materials , -the diminution of labour , - the ...
... idea . " " Thus , the multiplication of diversified forms and effects which the living energies of machinery mysteriously call forth from shapeless , inert , and appa- rently inadequate materials , -the diminution of labour , - the ...
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... ideas were destined to be expanded , and his hopes to be checked , amid increasing reverses of his father's fortunes . So far , indeed , did those reverses at last extend , that it became necessary that both of Mr. Watt's sons , at as ...
... ideas were destined to be expanded , and his hopes to be checked , amid increasing reverses of his father's fortunes . So far , indeed , did those reverses at last extend , that it became necessary that both of Mr. Watt's sons , at as ...
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... idea of applying the power of the steam - engine to the moving of wheel - carriages , " and to other purposes ; but the scheme was not matured , " and was soon abandoned on his going abroad . 66 " About the year 1761 , or 1762 , I tried ...
... idea of applying the power of the steam - engine to the moving of wheel - carriages , " and to other purposes ; but the scheme was not matured , " and was soon abandoned on his going abroad . 66 " About the year 1761 , or 1762 , I tried ...
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Page vii - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 393 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 442 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
Page 475 - ... might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, too, with most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer...
Page 471 - Not to perpetuate a name which must endure while the peaceful arts flourish, but to show that mankind have learned to honour those who best deserve their gratitude, the King, his ministers, and many of the nobles and commoners of the realm, raised this monument to James Watt, who directing the force of...
Page 462 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 241 - Johnson had been with us: for it was a scene which I should have been glad to contemplate by his light. The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have " matched his mighty mind." I shall never forget Mr. Boulton's expression to me, " I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have — POWER.
Page vii - That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom To shape and use.
Page 476 - It is needless to say that, with those vast resources, his conversation was at all times rich and instructive in no ordinary degree ; but it was, if possible, still more pleasing than wise, and had all the charms of familiarity, with all the substantial treasures of knowledge. No man could be more social in his spirit, less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. He rather liked to talk, at least in his...
Page 105 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...