 | John Robison - 1822 - 766 pages
...was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steamengines, by the late Dr Robison himself, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of wheel-carriages,... | |
 | Nicholas Wood - 1825 - 350 pages
...— " My attention was first directed, in the year 1759, to the subject of steamengines, by the late Dr. Robison, then a student in the university of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He, at that time, threw out an idea of applying the power of the steamengine to the moving of wheel-carriages,... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 pages
...notice of his friend Young * to the improvement of steam apparatus. " My attention," says Mr. Watt, f " was first directed in 1759 to the subject of Steam...Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. Robison at that * Mr. James Watt was born at Greenock in 1736. His father was one of the baillies (or magistrates)... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...attention was nrst directed, in the year 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by the late Dr. Hobison, then a student in the university of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He, at that time, threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of wheel-carriages,... | |
 | Nicholas Wood - 1832 - 664 pages
...attention was first directed, in the year 1 759, to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr. Robinson, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He, at that time, threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of wheel-carriages,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 pages
...— " My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own uge. He at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 pages
...— " My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to ihe subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of wheelcarriages,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1837 - 236 pages
...— " My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr. Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of wheelcarriages,... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1838 - 234 pages
...business. " My attention was first directed," says Watt, " in 1759, to the subject of steam-engines by Dr Robison, then a student in the University of...time threw out the idea of applying the power of the steam-engine to the moving of wheel-carriages, and to other purposes; but the scheme was not matured,... | |
 | Nicholas Wood - 1838 - 854 pages
...attention was first directed, in the year 1759, to the subject of steam engines, by the late Dr. Robinson, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He, at that time, threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam engine to the moving of wheel... | |
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My attention was first directed in the year 1759 to the subject of steam-engines, by the late Dr Robison, then a student in the University of Glasgow, and nearly of my own age. He at that time threw out an idea of applying the power of the steam-engine... 
