Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 462
able. But in his case ignorance in one field was joined to knowledgein many another field, and there he found weapons wherewithto surmount an old difficulty at a quarter never assaulted before.He continues: The first bundle of canes I ever saw had notarrived from Madeira a week before I had settled… … Copyright, London Stereoscopic Co. The Late SIR HENRY BESSEMERof London. FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH IRON 403 necessary to modify first principles, having reference to cost ofconstruction, lightness for easy transit across country, freedomfrom necessity for repairs, and the like. In the supreme effort…
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