 | Thomas Somerville - 1891 - 320 pages
...At length, all at once, the light burst upon him. But the discovery is best told in his own words. " 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 of the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
 | Robert Henry Thurston - 1896 - 618 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. 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... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 344 pages
...that entered it." He has told us how, finally, the happy thought securing this end occurred to him : " 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... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 352 pages
...that entered it." He has told us how, finally, the happy thought securing this end occurred to him : " 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... | |
 | William Jacks - 1901 - 260 pages
...prefer to tell the story in his own words, as indeed I shall do wherever possible in this narrative : " 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... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 260 pages
...flashed suddenly upon his mind: I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon, early in 1765. 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, and had gone as far... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 368 pages
...that entered it." He has told us how, finally, the happy thought securing this end occurred to him : "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... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 358 pages
...through his mind the happy thought of how this could be done. "I had gone to take a walk," he says, "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, and had gone as far... | |
 | Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 358 pages
...the happy thought of how this" could be done. "I had gone to take a walk," he says, "on a 6o PHYSICS 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, and had gone as far... | |
 | Rupert Sargent Holland - 1911 - 356 pages
...he tells of his discovery. " I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon, early in 1765. I had entered the green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street and had passed the old washing-house, when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic... | |
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Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far as the herd's house, when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication... 
