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 306
of looking into a book for any information he wanted,than of seeking for it in the heart of a millstone : and his know-ledge of the art of writing hardly extended farther than the ac-complishment of signing his name. It is probable, that as he grewtowards manhood, he began to feel himself created… … JAMES BRINDLEY. JAMES BRINDLEY. 301 at the age of seventeen, he bound himself apprentice to a personof the name of Bennet, a millwright, residing at Macclesfield,which was but a few miles from his native place. At all events,it is certain that he almost immediately displayed a wonderfulnatural…
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