Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 102
nited States assistant commissionerwith his credentials and a shipload of exhibits, and they mustadmit him. The commissioners yielded most gracefully. They said: Now,Mr. Holmes, the American space is gone; we cannot restore thatto you, but there are unoccupied spots all over the Exhibition, andyou… … Wellington Lee ARRIVAL IN LONDON 67 But only yesterday, said Mr. Lee, Mr. Holmes learnedthat an engine ordered by the commission to drive the Britishexhibit of looms, of which there were thirty-three exhibitors, hadbeen condemned by the superintendent of machinery, Mr. DanielKinnear Clark, and…
