| Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1885 - 518 страници
...system and the metric system should be kept separate. The metric system was a system of measurements 1 " The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt," by JP Muirhead, vol. ii., p. 179. based on uniformity and simplicity, a system that would bring Mr. Preece.... | |
| William Newton - 1856 - 430 страници
...composing carburet of manganese. The jury, under the direction of the learned Judge, found • See " The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt," by MUJRHEAD, Vol. I., p. 205. % " That the defendant had infringed ; that though he might not have used... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1867 - 394 страници
...of a dock or basin adjoining the intended tide-lock at Corpach, near Bannavie. The basin at Corpach formed the southernmost point of the intended canal....William, one of the forts established at the end of the seventeenth century to keep the wild Highlanders in subjection. Above it rise hills over hills, of... | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries - 1903 - 324 страници
...of soap-making. 4th ed. cr. 8vo. London, 1890 — 6th ed. 1901 .. .. .. .. .. .. B3674 Watt (James) The Origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt ; by JP Muirhead. 3 vols. dy. 8vo. London, 1854 .. Watt (W.) The Currents, temperatures, and physical conditions... | |
| Henry Handley Pridham Powles - 1905 - 380 страници
...been kept. Dr. Robison, a great friend of James Watt, makes the following remarks on boilers 3 : — 1 The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, by James Patrick Muirhead, London. John Murray, 1854, vol. iii. p. 86. 2 Same work, vol. ip ccxii. 3 System... | |
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