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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in 1807-8
Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in 1807-8 Author:William Walker General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Bramah had an invincible dislike to sitting for his portrait, and there consequently exists no likeness of this distinguished man; for, although a cast of his face was taken after death by Sir Francis Chantry, this, together with many others was destroyed by Lady Chantry after the death of her husband. -- Memoir by Dr. Brown. -- Stuarts Anecdotes of the Steam Engine. London, 1829. -- Smiles's Industrial Biography. London, 1863. EGBERT BROWN, D. C. L., F. R. S., P. L. S,« less