Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 238
sation the embarrassment of his language was veiy great. EDWARD SOMERSET, MARQUIS OF WORCESTER,INVENTOR OF THE STEAM ENGINE. EDWARD SOMERSET, Marquis of Worcester, was born at RaglandCastle, near Monmouth, about the year 1597. Very little is pre-served respecting the history of this ingenious… … WORCESTER, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAM ENGINE. WORCESTER. 233 surprise and capture of Monmouth by the parliamentary army, atthe head of a small party of volunteers, he scaled a redoubt, passedthe ditch, put the guard to death, dashed sword in hand into theplace, retook it, and made the garrison…
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