Memoir of a mechanic Being a sketch of the life of Timothy Claxton . llllililllllilllilllili 0 030 013 006 9 m ?m[ :i. / p {*> ^^ d Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, byGeorge W. Light, in the Clerks Office of the District Courtof Massachusetts. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD. Birth and parentage. Early education. A benevolentlady. Occupations. Disposition. Anecdotes. 9—14 CHAPTER II. APPRENTICESHIP. Arrangements. Benefits of a little learning. A usefulfriend. An intelligent journeyman with an ignorantmaster. An attempt at clock-making. Writing andcomposition—Advantages
Memoir of a mechanic Being a sketch of the life of Timothy Claxton . llllililllllilllilllili 0 030 013 006 9 m ?m[ :i. / p {*> ^^ d Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, byGeorge W. Light, in the Clerks Office of the District Courtof Massachusetts. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD. Birth and parentage. Early education. A benevolentlady. Occupations. Disposition. Anecdotes. 9—14 CHAPTER II. APPRENTICESHIP. Arrangements. Benefits of a little learning. A usefulfriend. An intelligent journeyman with an ignorantmaster. An attempt at clock-making. Writing andcomposition—Advantages of practising them. Draw-ing. Apprenticeship happily ended 15—24 CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE IN LONDON. Manner of spending time. The industrious find enoughto do. Experiments on perpetual motion. Ingeniousmouse-traps. Female acquaintance. New 25—32 CHAPTER IV. SCIENTIFIC IMPROVEMENT. A new field of thought. Scientific lectures and of the Mechanical Institution. Its his-tory 33—36 CONTENTS. CHAPTER V. RESIDENCE IN RUSSIA. Arrival at St. Petersburg. Description of the buil
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