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 162
ngines that came intothe hands of James Watt for repairs that set his mind atwork upon the problem and resulted in the modern highpressure reciprocating engine. Newcomen himself was a man of very great modes-ty and worth. He was very religious and was accustomedto preach in Baptist chapels wherever… … James Watt1736-1819 This cut icas madefjom a has reliefs draivfi uphy hammering from a sheet of bron%e. It isframed in old English oak. Found in a junkshop in New Tork. 160 James Watt. T T T The name of James Watt, the inventor of the steamengine, is famihar to all, but even if the name is…
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