The Life of James Watt - Couverture rigide

Muirhead, James Patrick

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1852970162 ISBN 13 : 9781852970161

Editeur : Archival Facsimiles Ltd, 1987

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The present volume may, it is hoped, supply a want which has long been felt; that yiz., of a full, yet compendious and authentic biography of James Watt. In a recent work, prepared by the author from the MSS. of the great engineer preserved by his son, as well as from othersi, of no less value, in the possession of Mr. Boulton, there were comprised, (1.) a Biographical Memoir of Mr. Watt; (2.) a Selection from his Correspondence; and (3.) the Specifications of all of his Patents. The favour with which that work was received by the press and the public is gratefully acknowledged. The long series, however, of large copper-plate engravings of machinery by which it was illustrated, (thirty-four in number, delineating no fewer than sixty-eight separate figures), necessarily raised its cost above the means of many who might otherwise have desired to possess it; while the minute descriptions contained in the specifications of patents, and their relative drawings, are of course more desirable for the use of the scientific engineer and the mechanical philosopher, than of the general reader. The author has now, therefore, ventured to remodel, and to reproduce in a form at once more comprehensive, more convenient and less costly, the Biographical Memoir above referred to. A few unimportant pages have been omitted; The Origin and Progreas of the Mechanical Inventions of Jamee Watt. 3vols. 8vo. and 4to. London: John Murray,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Archival Facsimiles Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852970162
• ISBN 13: 9781852970161
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 608
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