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 349
the satisfaction even of Watthimself. But though a boundless field for the employ-ment of the engine now presented itself. Watt wasanything but elated at the prospect. For some timehe doubted whether it would be worth the while of theSoho firm to accept orders for engines of this sort.When Boulton… … ■OLD BESS, people at Burton are making application to us for an.engine to work a cotton-mill; but from their letter andthe man the}^ have sent here, I have no great opinion ^ The above illustration representsthe first engine employed at Soho,with the alterations subsequently in-troduced, for the…
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