| Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 560 pages
...notable discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Eobert Hart, many years after : — " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washinghouse. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1874 - 460 pages
...notable discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Eobert Hart, many years after : — " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte-street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time,... | |
| Robert Henry Thurston - 1878 - 518 pages
...series of modifications which at last gave to the world the modern type of steam-engine. He says : ' " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
| John Richard Green - 1879 - 238 pages
...notable discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Robert Hart, many years after : — " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
| John Richard Green - 1879 - 708 pages
...notable discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Robert Hart, many years after : — " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1881 - 846 pages
...the steam-engine suddenly burst upon him ! ' I had gone,' he saya, ' to take a walk on a fine Sahbath afternoon. I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte-street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time,... | |
| John Richard Green - 1882 - 504 pages
...afternoon across the green of Glasgow the means of effecting it burst on him. " I had gone," he says, " to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon. I had...green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had got as far... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1885 - 320 pages
...notable discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Robert Hart, many years after: — " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
| Scotsmen - 1885 - 152 pages
...afternoon he was taking a walk on the green, then a quiet grassy meadow used as a bleaching ground. " I had entered the green by the gate at the foot of the street and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time and had... | |
| Frederick Arnold - 1886 - 336 pages
...the idea of the improvement of the steam-engine suddenly burst upon him ! " I had gone," he says, " to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon. I had...Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had got as far... | |
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