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 350
youth. On his leaving school, where the educationhe received was certainly very defective, he was bred up by hisfather to his own trade ; in which, as in other mechanical and sci-entific pursuits, he soon gave intimations of future eminence. At about the age of twenty-one, his eagerness after new… … JOHN WHITEHURST. 15* JOHN WH1TEHURST. 345 »>»/ than of conversing with the maker. On his arrival, however,he could neither procure a sight of the former, nor draw the leasthint from the latter concerning it. Thus disappointed, he thoughtof an expedient to accomplish his design. He accordingly…
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