text_original: Finding that the best books on steam and "fire engines," as they were then called, were in Italian and German, he took up the study of these languages.
text_transcription: FINDING THAT THE BEST BOOKS ON STEAM AND FIRE ENGINES AS THEY WERE THEN CALLED WERE IN ITALIAN AND GERMAN AND HE TOOK UP THE STUDY OF THESE LANGUAGES
phonemes: fˈaɪndɪŋ ðætðə bˈɛst bˈʊks ˌɔn stˈiːm ænd "fˈaɪɚɹ ˈɛndʒɪnz," æz ðeɪ wɜː ðˈɛn kˈɔːld, wɜːɹ ɪn ɪtˈæliən ænd dʒˈɜːmən, hiː tˈʊk ˌʌp ðə stˈʌdi ʌv ðiːz lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz.