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Side 3
He might have advanced to be an able - bodied ploughman , but his tastes did
not lie in the agricultural line . What he wished was , to be employed about a
colliery , so as to be among bustle of wheels , gins , and pulleys . Accordingly ,
quitting ...
He might have advanced to be an able - bodied ploughman , but his tastes did
not lie in the agricultural line . What he wished was , to be employed about a
colliery , so as to be among bustle of wheels , gins , and pulleys . Accordingly ,
quitting ...
Side 6
By Robin he was advanced so far as to be able to write his own name , which he
did for the first time when he was nineteen years of age . To improve his
acquirements , he afterwards , in the winter of 1799 , went to an evening - school ,
kept ...
By Robin he was advanced so far as to be able to write his own name , which he
did for the first time when he was nineteen years of age . To improve his
acquirements , he afterwards , in the winter of 1799 , went to an evening - school ,
kept ...
Side 7
By means of his cobbling , he was able to save a guinea , which is recorded as
being the nest - egg of his fortune . Of course , he never could have laid by so
much as a guinea , had he , like most of his acquaintances , frequented public ...
By means of his cobbling , he was able to save a guinea , which is recorded as
being the nest - egg of his fortune . Of course , he never could have laid by so
much as a guinea , had he , like most of his acquaintances , frequented public ...
Side 9
By dint of such reserve , he was able to save a hundred guineas , which , in
consequence of the demand for bullion during the French war , he sold to money
- brokers for twentysix shillings each . At intervals in his ordinary labour , he ...
By dint of such reserve , he was able to save a hundred guineas , which , in
consequence of the demand for bullion during the French war , he sold to money
- brokers for twentysix shillings each . At intervals in his ordinary labour , he ...
Side 10
In July 1814 , he was able to begin running his locomotive , called the Blucher ,
on the Killingworth Railway . It was still only a coal - drag , and at best a clumsy
apparatus , but it hauled eight loaded wagons weighing thirty tons , at about four
...
In July 1814 , he was able to begin running his locomotive , called the Blucher ,
on the Killingworth Railway . It was still only a coal - drag , and at best a clumsy
apparatus , but it hauled eight loaded wagons weighing thirty tons , at about four
...
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Bind 1–2 Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, William Chambers |
| Redaktører | William Chambers, Robert Chambers |
| Udgiver | Lippincott, 1869 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Illinois ved Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitaliseret | 12. aug 2016 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |