The life of James Watt : with selections from his correspondence / by James Patrick Muirhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muirhead, James Patrick, 1813-1898.

Series:

Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914.

The Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watt, James, 1736-1819.

Watt, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 572, 34 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

Edition:

Second edition, revised / with portraits and woodcuts.

Manufacture:

W. Clowes and Sons

Other Title:

Life of Watt

Place of Publication:

London : J. Murray, 1859.

Notes:

"The right of translation is reserved."

Inserted after p. 334: "Typographical facsimile. Erroneous title-page prefixed to the separate copies of Mr. Cavendish's 'Experiments on air,' (Read before the Royal Society, January 15, 1784)."

Appendix: No.I. List of the works of Denys Papin. No.II. Historical note on the discovery of the theory of the composition of water. By the Right Hon. Henry Lord Braugham. No.III. Summary of the history of the progress towards the discovery of the composition of water, and of the discovery itself. No.IV. Additional note on the discovery of the composition of water.

Includes index.

Publisher's advertising: 34 p., 3rd count.

Reproduction of the original from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

OCLC:

778040243

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.