Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics; Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, &c. &c., Relating to the Mechanic ArtsHarper & brothers, 1847 - 482 pages |
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... engaged had not failed , it would undoubtedly have been favored . by him . As it was , he raised Garay to a higher station , gave him a sum of money ( 200,000 maravedies ) as a present , ordered all the expenses of the experiment to be ...
... engaged had not failed , it would undoubtedly have been favored . by him . As it was , he raised Garay to a higher station , gave him a sum of money ( 200,000 maravedies ) as a present , ordered all the expenses of the experiment to be ...
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... engaged on board of a sloop bound to New York , " under one Captain Abbott . " This situation was found very disagreeable . The master treated him with brutality ; and although there were plenty of empty berths , he was compelled by the ...
... engaged on board of a sloop bound to New York , " under one Captain Abbott . " This situation was found very disagreeable . The master treated him with brutality ; and although there were plenty of empty berths , he was compelled by the ...
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... engaged in a similar business , and who unitec with the manufacture of clocks the repairing of watches . This latter art it was especially stipulated should be taught his new ap- prentice ; he not only omitted to do it , but took ...
... engaged in a similar business , and who unitec with the manufacture of clocks the repairing of watches . This latter art it was especially stipulated should be taught his new ap- prentice ; he not only omitted to do it , but took ...
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... engaged , he married Miss Lucy Ro- berts , on 29th December , 1767 ; but owing to her unhappy temper and disposition , was compelled , in the course of a year or two , to abandon her , being thoroughly convinced that it was for the ...
... engaged , he married Miss Lucy Ro- berts , on 29th December , 1767 ; but owing to her unhappy temper and disposition , was compelled , in the course of a year or two , to abandon her , being thoroughly convinced that it was for the ...
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... engaged in . The perplexities and embarrass- ments through which it has caused me to wade , far exceed any thing that the common course of life ever presented to my view , and to reflect on the disproportion of a man of my abilities to ...
... engaged in . The perplexities and embarrass- ments through which it has caused me to wade , far exceed any thing that the common course of life ever presented to my view , and to reflect on the disproportion of a man of my abilities to ...
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished ... Henry Howe Affichage du livre entier - 1856 |
Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ... Henry Howe Affichage du livre entier - 1842 |
Memoirs of the most eminent American Mechanics; also, Lives of distinguished ... Henry Howe Affichage du livre entier - 1841 |
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