Eminent engineers; brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress (1906)
Goddard, Dwight, 1861-1939 · New York, The Derry-Collard company · leaf 102
ticking so closely to his draw-ing board, year after year, never mingling w^th others, orkeeping posted as to the work of others, he lost the advan-tages of criticism and comparative study and paid thepenalty of his isolation. He made a great deal of money and spent it lavishlyon his experiments,… … Peter Cooper1791-1883 By the kindness ofDr. R. W. Raymond 100 Peter Cooper. T T T Peter Cooper was born in the city of New York in1791. His ancestors on both sides were men of compara-tive wealth and worth. During the Revolution his fatherand maternal grandfather occupied places of rank in…
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