Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics, Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, Etc. Etc. Relating to the Mechanic ArtsJ. C. Derby, 1856 - 482 pages |
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... Employed in Kentucky as a surveyor . - Taken prisoner by the Indians , and carried into captivity . - Release . - Returns to the east.— First idea of a steamboat . - Curious reflections . - Dr . Thornton's account of his experiments ...
... Employed in Kentucky as a surveyor . - Taken prisoner by the Indians , and carried into captivity . - Release . - Returns to the east.— First idea of a steamboat . - Curious reflections . - Dr . Thornton's account of his experiments ...
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... employed in the shop , so neglected to instruct him , that at the expiration of two years and a half , Fitch left almost entirely ignorant of his profession . After this he went to work with a brother of his former em . ployer , who was ...
... employed in the shop , so neglected to instruct him , that at the expiration of two years and a half , Fitch left almost entirely ignorant of his profession . After this he went to work with a brother of his former em . ployer , who was ...
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... employed himself , as he tells us , “ in doing small brass work . " This was pursued by him with so much in- dustry ... employ . ment on some farm as a common laborer , but his sickly appear . ance baffled all his efforts , no one would ...
... employed himself , as he tells us , “ in doing small brass work . " This was pursued by him with so much in- dustry ... employ . ment on some farm as a common laborer , but his sickly appear . ance baffled all his efforts , no one would ...
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... employed , and which , thanks to Providence , so well succeeded with me . They may also deem them fit to be imitated , should any of them find themselves in similar circumstances . " It is not many years since this letter was , for the ...
... employed , and which , thanks to Providence , so well succeeded with me . They may also deem them fit to be imitated , should any of them find themselves in similar circumstances . " It is not many years since this letter was , for the ...
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... employed , he tells us , in cutting wicks for the candles , filling the moulds for cast candles , attending the shop , going errands , and other drudgery of the same kind . He showed so much dislike , however , to this business , that ...
... employed , he tells us , in cutting wicks for the candles , filling the moulds for cast candles , attending the shop , going errands , and other drudgery of the same kind . He showed so much dislike , however , to this business , that ...
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Page 404 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Page 44 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Page 43 - They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity.
Page 51 - We had scarce opened our letters and put our press in order, before George House, an acquaintance of mine, brought a countryman to us, whom he had met in the street inquiring for a printer. All our cash was now expended in the variety of particulars we had been obliged to procure, and this countryman's five shillings, being our first-fruits, and coming so seasonably, gave me more pleasure than any crown I have since earned ; and the gratitude I felt toward House has made me often more ready than...
Page 45 - ... gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus...
Page 41 - I also sometimes jumbled my collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order before I began to form the full sentences and complete the subject. This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults and corrected them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy that in certain particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language,...
Page 293 - Its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal, or other combustible ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind ; it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c.
Page 143 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Page 45 - I went for a draught of the river water ; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Page 41 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it.