The Story of the Life of George Stephenson, Railway EngineerJohn Murray, 1860 - Всего страниц: 356 |
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... third lamp- Is charged with pirating Sir H. Davy's idea Controversy on the subject Mr. Stephenson's defence Examination of witnesses Testimonial presented to Mr. Stephenson - Superior safety of the Geordy lamp 76-99 - CHAPTER VII . - Mr ...
... third lamp- Is charged with pirating Sir H. Davy's idea Controversy on the subject Mr. Stephenson's defence Examination of witnesses Testimonial presented to Mr. Stephenson - Superior safety of the Geordy lamp 76-99 - CHAPTER VII . - Mr ...
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... third engine in his own workshops , and this , though clumsy and irregular in its movements - sometimes taking as much as six hours to haul the coal waggons the few miles down to the shipping place was regarded as on the whole tolerably ...
... third engine in his own workshops , and this , though clumsy and irregular in its movements - sometimes taking as much as six hours to haul the coal waggons the few miles down to the shipping place was regarded as on the whole tolerably ...
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... third lamp , in which he proposed to surround the oil vessel with a number of capillary tubes . Then it struck him , that if he cut off the middle of the tubes , or made holes in metal plates , placed at a distance from each other equal ...
... third lamp , in which he proposed to surround the oil vessel with a number of capillary tubes . Then it struck him , that if he cut off the middle of the tubes , or made holes in metal plates , placed at a distance from each other equal ...
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... third lamp from Mr. Watson , a plumber in that town . Mr. Watson referred him to his clerk , Henry Smith ; whom Stephenson invited to join him at a neighbouring public- house , where they might quietly talk over the matter together ...
... third lamp from Mr. Watson , a plumber in that town . Mr. Watson referred him to his clerk , Henry Smith ; whom Stephenson invited to join him at a neighbouring public- house , where they might quietly talk over the matter together ...
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... third safety - lamp , improved after careful observation and experiment in an actual coal - pit . His theory of the " burnt air " was no doubt wrong ; but his lamp was right ; and that was the great fact which mainly concerned him . He ...
... third safety - lamp , improved after careful observation and experiment in an actual coal - pit . His theory of the " burnt air " was no doubt wrong ; but his lamp was right ; and that was the great fact which mainly concerned him . He ...
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