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 176
troduce and makea commercial success of his inventions. On the contrary, while Boulton was a rare crafts-man himself, he was preeminently a commercial organizerand promoter. He was a man of exceedingly attractivepresence and of fascinating address, which, together withhis wealth and education,… … William Murdock1754-1839 174 William Murdock. T T T William Murdock was for fifty years the mechani-cal expert for Boulton and Watt in the development andintroduction of the steam engine. His father was amiller and millwright of Bellow Mills, near old Cum-nock, Ayrshire, Scotland, and was highly…
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