 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, and had gone as far as the herd's house, when...  Man and Civilization ... - Seite 152von John Storck - 1926 - 117 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1859 - 558 Seiten
...where the idea first struck you, and what led you to it? He said — " It was in the Green of Glasgow. I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street — had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 560 Seiten
...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....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... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 562 Seiten
...discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Kobert Hart, many years after : — I28 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... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 556 Seiten
...discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Robert Hart, many years after :— 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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 758 Seiten
...the spring of 1765, he was taking a stroll upon the Glasgow Green, when, to quote his own words, " 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... | |
 | Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1868 - 538 Seiten
...the idea first struck you, and what led you to it? He said — •" It was in the Green of Glasgow. I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon....Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street — had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1874 - 460 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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....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... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 708 Seiten
...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....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... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1879 - 238 Seiten
...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....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... | |
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