 | Arthur Herman - 2001 - 408 Seiten
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 | Howard Means - 2001 - 312 Seiten
...Samuel Johnson arrived in 1 774 for a look at the works, Boulton commented to the famous literary czar: "I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have — power." Even taken metaphorically, it was no idle boast. Matthew Boulton stood at the center of industrial... | |
 | Stephen J. Pyne - 2001 - 230 Seiten
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 | Peter Martin - 2002 - 644 Seiten
...the dawning industrial age. If only Johnson had come with them to see the factory, for 'the vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have "matched his mighty mind".' Boswell wanted to linger in Birmingham to glean more from Hector, but after a day they pushed on to... | |
 | Royal Historical Society - 2003 - 516 Seiten
...never forget Mr Boulton's expression to me', recalled James Boswell of a visit to the Soho works: ' "I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have,...POWER". He had about seven hundred people at work ... he seemed to be a father to this tribe.' Like Boulton, his friend Josiah Wedgwood was one of a... | |
 | Franklyn Hobbs - 2003 - 232 Seiten
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 | Montserrat Ginés Gibert - 2010 - 198 Seiten
...i el tractament informàtic, i la distribució d'exemplars mitjançant lloguer o préstec públics. "I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have — POWER" Matthew Boulton, 1776 "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.... | |
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The vastness and the contrivance of some of the machinery would have "matched his mighty mind." I shall never forget Mr. Boulton's expression to me, " I sell here, sir, what all the world desires to have — POWER. 
