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 261
n ancient town, consisting for the most part of a longstreet, which runs down one hill and up another. All round it the country seems to have been disem-bowelled ; and heaps of scorise, deads, rubbish, andgranite blocks cover the surface. The view from thelofty eminence of Carn Brea, a little to… … EEDE.UTH HIGH STKEET. [By R. P Leitcb.] On making inquiry as to the materials wliicli hadarrived during his absence, Watt was much mortified tofind that the Soho workmen had made many mistakes. Forbess eduction-pipe, he wrote, is a most vile job,and full of holes. The cylinder they have cast for…
