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 258
Sir Joseph Whitworth1803-1887 256 Sir Joseph Whitworth T T T Carlyle defines genius as an infinite capacity fortaking pains/ He was a friend of Sir Joseph Whit-worth, and may have learned this definition from ac-quaintance with him, who was most patient and pains-taking. He was not at all versatile…
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