John Rennie, 1761-1821: The Life and Work of a Great EngineerManchester University Press, 1963 - 149 էջ |
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... writing with a ' popular ' approach . A physician who became secretary of a railway company , he had considerable literary ability and took great pains both to track down sources and to present , within the limitations he set himself ...
... writing with a ' popular ' approach . A physician who became secretary of a railway company , he had considerable literary ability and took great pains both to track down sources and to present , within the limitations he set himself ...
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... writing on 28 May 1788 to Watt , encloses a sketch and description of the centrifugal governor which he had noted at the Albion Mills and which neither of them had ever seen before . 51 It seems probable that this was the first ...
... writing on 28 May 1788 to Watt , encloses a sketch and description of the centrifugal governor which he had noted at the Albion Mills and which neither of them had ever seen before . 51 It seems probable that this was the first ...
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... Writing in 1676 he gave a résumé of the inventions which he intended to publish at a later date , and one of them concerned the arch . In order to establish his claim but yet keep it secret until he was ready to give a full ex ...
... Writing in 1676 he gave a résumé of the inventions which he intended to publish at a later date , and one of them concerned the arch . In order to establish his claim but yet keep it secret until he was ready to give a full ex ...
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