My great success in life has been owing to my having paid attention to every detail.
Steam engine improvements
Widely attributed, reflecting his meticulous engineering approach. Specific primary source hard to pinpoint.
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"groped in the dark, misled by many an ignis fatuus, but nature has a weak side, if we can only find it out."
Humorous"He says that he got the idea from a lobster's tail."
Humorous"The people in London are all steam engine mad."
Controversial"The power of steam is like a wild horse; it must be harnessed with precision."
Strange & Unusual"I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon, early in 1765... I was thinking upon the engine at the time... when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush in…"
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