Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ...Derby & Jackson, 1858 - 482 страници |
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... fire to two large bundles of flax standing in a dis- tant corner of the room , which young Fitch no sooner observed , than , with a presence of mind truly wonderful in a child so young , he ran and seized one of the blazing bundles ...
... fire to two large bundles of flax standing in a dis- tant corner of the room , which young Fitch no sooner observed , than , with a presence of mind truly wonderful in a child so young , he ran and seized one of the blazing bundles ...
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... fire on his head with his naked hands , he sprang and grasped the other bundle and brought it to the same place , blistering his hands and setting his head on fire the second time , and putting it out in like manner . Having done this ...
... fire on his head with his naked hands , he sprang and grasped the other bundle and brought it to the same place , blistering his hands and setting his head on fire the second time , and putting it out in like manner . Having done this ...
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... fire in my father's house ; yet I am persuaded the governor was an honest man , but concluded within himself that the honor would fully compensate me . " On leaving school . Fitch's whole time was devoted to the labors of the farm . His ...
... fire in my father's house ; yet I am persuaded the governor was an honest man , but concluded within himself that the honor would fully compensate me . " On leaving school . Fitch's whole time was devoted to the labors of the farm . His ...
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... fire surface , and capacity for hold- ing highly rarefied steam , is described , both single and combined , in his specifi- cations , and is identical in principle with the tub boiler which he used in his Potomac experiment ...
... fire surface , and capacity for hold- ing highly rarefied steam , is described , both single and combined , in his specifi- cations , and is identical in principle with the tub boiler which he used in his Potomac experiment ...
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... fire- insurance company ; and afterwards exerted himself in organizing a philosophical society , an academy for the education of youth , and a militia for the defence of the province . In short , every part of the civil government , as ...
... fire- insurance company ; and afterwards exerted himself in organizing a philosophical society , an academy for the education of youth , and a militia for the defence of the province . In short , every part of the civil government , as ...
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Страница 43 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity.
Страница 45 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Страница 54 - ... year's instruction in a Latin school, and that when very young, after which I neglected that language entirely. But when I had attained an acquaintance with the French, Italian, and Spanish, I was...
Страница 45 - ... my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance. Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut...
Страница 125 - Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, This strange...
Страница 279 - ... had been that which he had been last occupied in studying and exhausting ; such was the copiousness, the precision, and the admirable clearness of the information which he poured out upon it without effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the...
Страница 275 - It regulates with perfect accuracy and uniformity the number of its strokes in a given time, counting or recording them, moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work, the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler, the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute precision as to time and manner ; it oils its joints ; it takes out any air which may accidentally...
Страница 45 - I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way. I joined them, and thereby was led into the great...
Страница 66 - Without my having made any application for that honor, they chose me a member, and voted that I should be excus'd the customary payments, which would have amounted to twenty-five guineas; and ever since have given me their Transactions gratis. They also presented me with the gold medal of Sir Godfrey Copley...