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 531
, AND MANY OF THE NOBLES AND COMMONERS OF THE REALM, RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO JAMES WATT, WHO DIRECTING THE FORCE OF AN ORIGINAL GENIUSEARLY EXERCISED IN PHILOSOPHIC RESEARCHTO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Steam-engine, enlarged the resources of his country, increased the power of man, and rose to an… … WATTS STATUE IN HANTSWOBTH CHUECH. Tlie monument was raised by public subscriptions, ini-tiated at a meeting in London presided over by thePrime Minister, and attended by tlie most illustriousstatesmen, men of science, men of letters, and men ofart, of the time, who met for the purpose of…
