Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 153
ontrivancewas clear to Robison at once. It will be observed that Watt had not made a secretof it to his other friends. Indeed Robison himselfadmitted that one of Watts greatest delights was tocommunicate the results of his experiments to others,and set them upon the same road to knowledge… … DR. JOSEPH BLACK. by him at eAeiy stage; and the Doctor kindlyencouraged him in his struggles, cheered him inhis encounter with difficulty, and, what was of stillmore practical value at the time, he helj^ed him withmoney to enable him to prosecute his invention.Communicative though Watt was…
