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... OLIVER EVANS PAGE 13 : 57 68 SAMUEL SLATER 83 ELI WHITNEY 101 DAVID BUSHNELL 136 AMOS WHITTEMORE 147 ROBERT FULTON 156 JACOB PERKINS 188 THOMAS BLANCHARD 197 HENRY ECKFORD 211 • EUROPEAN MECHANICS . JOHN SMEATON . • MARQUIS OF WORCESTER.
... OLIVER EVANS PAGE 13 : 57 68 SAMUEL SLATER 83 ELI WHITNEY 101 DAVID BUSHNELL 136 AMOS WHITTEMORE 147 ROBERT FULTON 156 JACOB PERKINS 188 THOMAS BLANCHARD 197 HENRY ECKFORD 211 • EUROPEAN MECHANICS . JOHN SMEATON . • MARQUIS OF WORCESTER.
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... Oliver Evans 69 James Ferguson 236 Samuel Slater 84 Samuel Crompton 248 Eli Whitney 100 Richard Arkwright 259 • Amos Whittemore 146 James Watt 278 Robert Fulton 157 James Brindley 299 Jacob Perkins 189 Stanhope 319 Thomas Blanchard 196 ...
... Oliver Evans 69 James Ferguson 236 Samuel Slater 84 Samuel Crompton 248 Eli Whitney 100 Richard Arkwright 259 • Amos Whittemore 146 James Watt 278 Robert Fulton 157 James Brindley 299 Jacob Perkins 189 Stanhope 319 Thomas Blanchard 196 ...
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... and precision . He had always at hand an immense stock of common sense , and possessed the very useful quality of being " eminently great in little things . " OLIVER EVANS . Birth . - Apprenticed to a wagon BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 67.
... and precision . He had always at hand an immense stock of common sense , and possessed the very useful quality of being " eminently great in little things . " OLIVER EVANS . Birth . - Apprenticed to a wagon BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 67.
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Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ... Henry Howe. OLIVER EVANS . Birth . - Apprenticed to a wagon maker . - Fondness for study . -Penuriousness of his ... OLIVER EVANS . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , OLIVER EVANS.
Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ... Henry Howe. OLIVER EVANS . Birth . - Apprenticed to a wagon maker . - Fondness for study . -Penuriousness of his ... OLIVER EVANS . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , OLIVER EVANS.
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Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ... Henry Howe. OLIVER EVANS . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN.
Also Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics ... Henry Howe. OLIVER EVANS . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN.
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