A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 157
S AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM,RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO JAMES WATT, WHO, DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUS, EARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCH, TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STEAM-ENGINE, enlarged the resources of his country, increased the power of man, and rose to an eminent place among the… … Tomb of James Watt. Section II.—The Contempoeaeies of Jambs Watt. In the chronology of the steam-engine, the contempora-ries of Watt have been so completely overshadowed by thegreater and more successful inventor, as to have been almostforgotten by the biographer and by the student of history.Yet,…
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