A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 103
as fairly at-tributable to Smeaton as to any one of the inventors whosenames are more generally known in connection with it. Asa mechanic, he was unrivaled ; as an engineer, he was headand shoulders above any constructor of his time engaged ingeneral practice. There were very few important… … CHAPTER HI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.JAMES WATT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. The world ia now entering upon the Mechanical Epoch. There ia noth-ing in the future more aure than the great triurapha which that epoch ia toachieve. It haa already advanced to acme glorioua conquests. What…
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