 | William Jones - 1801 - 564 pages
...heard it at a considerable distance, and " the servants said it shook the house. As I had foretold, " the bottom of the vessel that was in the fire gave...expanded water blew all the coals out of " the fire all over the room. All the vessel together flew " in a direct line across the room, and hitting the... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 446 pages
...Mr. Papin, die original inventor, the bottom ff a digester was torn off with a wonderful explosion : the blast of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the fire-place, the remainder of the vessel was hurled across the room, and Htriking the leaf of an oaken... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 282 pages
...Mr. Papin, the original inventor, the bottom of a digester was torn off with a wonderful explosion : the blast of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the fire-place, the remainder of the vessel was hurled across the room, and striking the leaf of an oaken... | |
 | 1839 - 230 pages
...with the explosion of a musket. It was heard at a considerable distance, and actually shook the house. The bottom of the vessel that was in the fire gave...remainder of the vessel flew across the room, and, hitting the leaf of an oak table, an inch thick, broke it all in pieces, and rebounded half the length... | |
 | Handbook - 1846 - 130 pages
...the fire. In three minutes he found its temperature raised to a great height, and perceiving the heat become more intense, he stepped to a side table for...of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the tire into the room ; the remainder of the vessel flew. across the room, and striking the leaf of an... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 400 pages
...Mr. Papin, the original inventor, the bottom of a digester was torn off with a wonderful explosion : the blast of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the fire-place, the remainder of the vessel was hurled across the room, and striking the leaf of an oaken... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1853 - 548 pages
...Mr. Papin, the original inventor, the bottom of a digester was torn off with a wonderful explosion ; the blast of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the fire« See Mechanics, Conversation J II. place, the remainder of the vessel was hurled across the room, and... | |
 | Endless amusement - 1820 - 232 pages
...with the explosion of a musket. It was heard at a considerable distance, and actually shook the house. The bottom of the vessel that was in the fire gave...remainder of the vessel flew across the room, and hitting the leaf of an oak table, an inch thick, broke it all in pieces, and rebounded half the length... | |
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It was heard at a considerable distance, and actually shook the house. The bottom of the vessel that was in the fire gave way ; the blast of the expanded water blew all the coals out of the fire into the room, the remainder of the vessel flew across the... 