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 152
pres-sive. He was notably punctilious in dress and behavior,which, together with his masterly powers of conversation,persuasion and explanation, gave him remarkable influ-ence over men. While rather severe in manner he was genial at heart,loved stories, hospitality, good books and chess. Thelatter… … Sir Richard Arkwright1722-1792 150 Richard Arkwright. ▼ T T It is a long cry from Dick Arkwright, the ignorant,impecunious barber, to Sir Richard Arkwright, the mil-Honaire manufacturer, but they are one and the same. He was born in 1732, in Lancashire, at a time whenthe social condition of English…
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