It's difficult to learn all the intricacies of antique clocks without thorough academic training, but mechanical aptitude and a devotion to private study can help bridge the gap, he said.
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Byck was graded'average'as a General Agent by her SOE instructors, but gained a high intelligence rating ( eight out of nine ), and high grades for Morse and Mechanical Aptitude.
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Where Dr . Leavitt garnered his expertise is unknown, although contemporaries noted his mechanical aptitude, as well as the fact that his sister Hannah was married to Hingham watchmaker Joseph Lovis.
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Born in the Russian region of Altai, near Mongolia, he showed mechanical aptitude in his work with steam engines as a youth, then served as a tank commander in World War II.
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What made Owens great was not only his driving ability, but his mechanical aptitude and car preparation that made him a force to be reckoned with wherever he raced, on dirt or on pavement.
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My lack of mechanical aptitude is blamed for strings of last year's lights that won't burn, and on one occasion, a half-decorated tree that toppled onto the floor, wiping out a chandelier as it fell.
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He scored 134 in his army general classifications test, which put him up in the upper 5 percent of what the army classified as " the ability to learn rapidly "; his mechanical aptitude test was 145.
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His mother, who ironed collars to make ends meet, recognized her son s mechanical aptitude and encouraged him at every turn, helping him set up a workbench at home and buying him the German equivalent of an Erector Set.
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They grew up honest to a fault, two of five children born to a bishop in the Evangelical United Brethren Church and a mother _ perhaps the force behind their mechanical aptitude _ who was the daughter of a wheelright.
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Jo got into verbal spars with girls who didn't think she was " feminine enough, " and boys ( including some of her boyfriends ) were threatened by her mechanical aptitude, which she displayed by getting a job at a local garage.
