Historical eloge of James Watt, tr. with additional notes by J.P. Muirhead |
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... difficulty or impossibility of transferring from the French to the English language those graces of idiom and expression , in which the former so much abounds , must serve as the excuse for imperfec- tions , which in the following pages ...
... difficulty or impossibility of transferring from the French to the English language those graces of idiom and expression , in which the former so much abounds , must serve as the excuse for imperfec- tions , which in the following pages ...
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... difficulties of his situation , he devoted him- self assiduously to study ; that in more tranquil times he established himself at Greenock , where he taught mathematics and the elements of navigation ; that he lived in the adjoining ...
... difficulties of his situation , he devoted him- self assiduously to study ; that in more tranquil times he established himself at Greenock , where he taught mathematics and the elements of navigation ; that he lived in the adjoining ...
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... difficulties , and the dismissal of the ministry . Since then , a steam- engine has been erected by the French to do part of the work ; and two of the wheels , with improved apparatus , are all that re- main of this cumbersome machinery ...
... difficulties , and the dismissal of the ministry . Since then , a steam- engine has been erected by the French to do part of the work ; and two of the wheels , with improved apparatus , are all that re- main of this cumbersome machinery ...
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... difficulties awaited him . Taking their stand on their ancient privileges , the corporations of arts and trades looked upon the young artist from London as an intruder , and obstinately refused to allow him to set up even the humblest ...
... difficulties awaited him . Taking their stand on their ancient privileges , the corporations of arts and trades looked upon the young artist from London as an intruder , and obstinately refused to allow him to set up even the humblest ...
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... difficulty in believing that this water and this ice , both at the same degree of temperature , both at zero , differ only in their physical qualities ; or that no element , other than water , properly so called , dis- tinguishes the ...
... difficulty in believing that this water and this ice , both at the same degree of temperature , both at zero , differ only in their physical qualities ; or that no element , other than water , properly so called , dis- tinguishes the ...
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Страница 174 - By his admirable contrivances it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease and precision and ductility with which it can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin, or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Страница 33 - A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected...
Страница 176 - ... 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 detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories of the German logicians,...
Страница 119 - ... up almost to the last moment of his existence, not only the full command of his extraordinary intellect, but all the alacrity of spirit, and the social gaiety which had illuminated his happiest days.
Страница 158 - During the last summer also, a friend of mine gave some account of them to M. Lavoisier, as well as of the conclusion drawn from them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted, that, till he was prevailed upon to repeat the experiment himself, he found some difficulty in believing that nearly the whole of the two airs could be converted into water.
Страница 54 - informed that Mr. Newcomen was as early in his invention. " as Mr. Savery was in his, only the latter, being nearer the " Court, had obtained his Patent before the other knew it, on " which account Mr. Newcomen was glad to come in as a
Страница 73 - My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr Robison himself, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out an 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.
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Страница 157 - ... four-fifths of the common air employed ; so that as common air cannot be reduced to a much less bulk than that by any method of phlogistication, we may safely conclude, that when they are mixed in this proportion, and exploded, almost all the inflammable air, and about one-fifth part of the common air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass.
Страница 124 - His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep philologist, — he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres all his life, — of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk.