Download or read book Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-Engines, and of Their Inventors and Improvers, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Stuart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-Engines, and of Their Inventors and Improvers, Vol. 2 Mr. Matthew Wasbrough was born at Bristol in 1753. As the best evidence of the estimation in which he was held by his townsmen, we quote the record of his death, in his twenty-eighth ear, from the Bristol Gazette of 1781. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.