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1951
1951 - 0606.PDF
FLIGHT, 30 March 1951 3 fflclff * * * I shan't forget James Watt in a hurry — said the Ancient drayhorse. Thirty-three thousand pounds he made me lift ! Thirty-three thousand pounds I lifted, one foot up in one minute ! I thought I'd bust. And then patted me on the rump, he did, and said " There's one fine H.P. for you ! Mind you" Old Watt used to say, " you couldn't expect' an ordinary horse to work like this for. long." I used to feel so proud. And now here are you little titsy-bitsy things working away all day and never getting tired. Wrho do you say trained you? Desoutter? He must be a good bloke too. Him and Watt. They understood horsepower ! Desoutter POWER TOOLS INCREASE PRODUCTION DtSOUTTER BROS. LTD., THE HYDE, HENDON LONDON. N.W.9. TELEPHONE: COUNDALE 6316 (.FIVE. LINES) TELEGRAMS: DESPNUCO, HTOF. LONDON. CRC.32O
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