Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 141
exercised in work where heat plays no part what-ever,—as in the tasks of the builder in concrete, the labors of theelectrician as he employs a bath to separate a metal from its ore,or to plate a surface with silver or gold. In strong contrast with the varied resourcesUse Creates 0f mociern toil are… … Diagram of rolls to reduce steel inthickness. BEAUTY THROUGH USE 105 mirable in form so as to be all the more useful. Says Mr. GeorgeBourne:— The beauty of tools is not accidental but inherent and essential.The contours of a ships sail bellying in the wind are not more in-evitable, nor more…
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