The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 82
... invention of the Hot - blast by James Beaumont Neilson , in 1828. Scotch coals are , for the most part , unfit for coking , losing as much as 55 per cent . in the process ; but by using the hot - blast it was found that ordinary raw ...
... invention of the Hot - blast by James Beaumont Neilson , in 1828. Scotch coals are , for the most part , unfit for coking , losing as much as 55 per cent . in the process ; but by using the hot - blast it was found that ordinary raw ...
Page 83
... invention and general adoption of the hot - blast - im- proved by the water - twyer of Condie , without which it would have proved of much less value - had the effect of immensely increasing the production of Scotch pig - iron . As ...
... invention and general adoption of the hot - blast - im- proved by the water - twyer of Condie , without which it would have proved of much less value - had the effect of immensely increasing the production of Scotch pig - iron . As ...
Page 84
... invention or improvement in machinery worthy of adoption , if he was paid a sovereign or so for his trouble , it was reward enough . One wealthy iron manufacturer coolly declared to Dr. Percy that ' brains are more abundant in the world ...
... invention or improvement in machinery worthy of adoption , if he was paid a sovereign or so for his trouble , it was reward enough . One wealthy iron manufacturer coolly declared to Dr. Percy that ' brains are more abundant in the world ...
Page 85
... invention would , as a rule , bring with it sufficient reward , and that protection might be entirely dispensed with . ' Such , too , was the argument used by the Bolton cotton - manu- facturers when they urged Samuel Crompton not to ...
... invention would , as a rule , bring with it sufficient reward , and that protection might be entirely dispensed with . ' Such , too , was the argument used by the Bolton cotton - manu- facturers when they urged Samuel Crompton not to ...
Page 86
... invention . Should it come into general use during that term , the inventor is compensated by the payment of royalty ; after which the invention becomes public property - the posses- sion of mankind at large . Before the granting of ...
... invention . Should it come into general use during that term , the inventor is compensated by the payment of royalty ; after which the invention becomes public property - the posses- sion of mankind at large . Before the granting of ...
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