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" I wish William could be brought to do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let such as Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money in hunting shadows. "
The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson: Comprising ... - Page 67
by Samuel Smiles - 1868 - 501 pages
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The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence

James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1858 - 656 pages
..." letter send you the words of my specification on that subject " In the meantime I wish W[illiaru] could be brought to do " as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let such & " Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money, " hunting shadows." And, a few days later,t...
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The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence

James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1859 - 652 pages
...shall in some future " letter send you the words of my specification on that subject. " In the meantime I wish W[illiam] could be brought to do " as we do,...Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money, " hunting shadows." And, a few days later, f " You are " certainly wrong in your computation of 18...
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The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence

James Patrick Muirhead - Inventors - 1859 - 440 pages
...future letter send you the words of my specification on that subject. In the meantime I wish WplliamJ could be brought to do as we do, to mind the business...Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money, hunting shadows." And, a few days later,* " You are certainly wrong in your computation of 18 Ibs....
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The official illustrated guide to the North-western railway

George Measom - 1859 - 592 pages
...September 12th, 1786: "lam extremely sorry that WM still busies himself with the steam-carriage. I wish W. could be brought to do as we do, to mind the business...Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money hunting shadows." Ere the " G-eorgy Stevy" of his fellow-pitmen, the wellknown George Stephenson, had...
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Lives of Boulton and Watt: Principally from the Original Soho Mss ...

Samuel Smiles - Steam-engines - 1865 - 560 pages
...shall in some future letter send you the words of my specification on that subject. In the mean time T wish William could be brought to do as we do, to mind...away their time and money in hunting shadows."*— Watt to Boulton, 12th Sept., ruLGCxJTH. [By RP Lettch.J engine business still continued to prosper...
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Lives of the Engineers: With an Account of Their Principal Works ..., Volume 4

Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1865 - 556 pages
...the words of my S|iecin'catiou on that subjtvt. In the mean time I wish William could be brought tp do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let...as Symington and Sadler throw away their time and monev in hunting shadows." — Watt to Boulton, 12th Sept., 178S. In a subsequent letter, Watt expresses...
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Lives of Boulton and Watt: Principally from the Original Soho Mss ...

Samuel Smiles - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 562 pages
...business" in idea of it, and if to that you add Symington's and .Sadler's patents, it can scarcely I hand, and let such as Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money in hunting POLGOOTH MINE. 339 POLGOOTH. [By RP Leiteh.] engine business still continued to prosper in Cornwall....
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The Statesman, Volume 1

1869 - 514 pages
...experiments of his ingenious workman. In 178G he wrote to Boulton concerning him: "I wish William could bo brought to do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and let such as Symington and Sadler throw INov. 28, 1868. away their time and money in hunting shadows." So Murdock's model was never developed...
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Nathan Read: His Invention of the Multi-tubular Boiler and Portable High ...

David Read - Locomotives - 1870 - 258 pages
...speculations on the subject, he says: — " In the mean time, I wish William (meaning William Murdock) could be brought to do as we do, — to mind the business in hand, and let such as Symington and Sadlier throw away their time and money hunting shadows." a He regarded the thing as impracticable,...
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The Steam Engine and Its Inventors: A Historical Sketch

Robert Lindsay Galloway - Inventors - 1881 - 344 pages
...you the words of my specification on that subject. In the meantime I wish W[illiam] could be bronght to do as we do, to mind the business in hand, and...Symington and Sadler throw away their time and money hunting shadows." l Watt's remonstrances seem to have had the desired effect of bringing Murdock to...
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