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" One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water, and a man that tends the work has but to turn two cocks; that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively ; the fire being... "
Recreations in mathematics and natural philosophy, recomposed by m. Montucla ... - Page 254
by Jacques Ozanam - 1840
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A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can ...

Edward Somerset (2nd marq. of Worcester.) - 1746 - 108 pages
...have feen the Water run like a conftant Fountain Stream forty Foot high; one Veflel of Water rarified by Fire, driveth up forty of cold Water. And a Man...tends the Work is but to turn two Cocks, that one VefTel of Water being confumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold Water, and fo fucceffively,...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present ..., Volume 4

William Seward - 1796 - 830 pages
...the water run like a conftant foun*' tain ft ream forty foot high. One veflel of " water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold " water ; and a...tends the work is but " to turn two cocks, that one veflel of water *' being confumed, another begins to force, and " to refill with cold water, and fo...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 4

William Seward - 1796 - 560 pages
...fcen the water run like a conftant foun" tain ftream forty foot high. One veffel of " water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold " water; and a man...tends the work is but to " turn two cocks, that one veflel of water being " confumed, another begins to force, and to refill " with cold water, and fo...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 6

William Oldys, John Malham - 1810 - 600 pages
...seen the water run like a constant fountain-stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...two cocks ; that one vessel of water being consumed, anothrr begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and...
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A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive, Volume 2

Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 582 pages
...the one to fill after the other. I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty foot high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth...work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of wuier being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the...
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The Cyclopædia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 34

Abraham Rees - 1819 - 754 pages
...after the other, 1 have feen the water run like a confiant fountain ftream forty feet high : one veflel of water, rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work U but to turn two cocks, that one veflel of water being cenfumed, another begins to force and re-fill...
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A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1824 - 408 pages
...the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarefied...forty of cold water ; and a man that tends the work has but to turn two cocks ; that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 3

1825 - 486 pages
...like a constant fountain-stream, 40 foot high; one vessel of water, rarifled by tire, driving up 40 of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but...cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant,...
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 2

1825 - 616 pages
...the cistern RS, by means of a small pipe and stop cock. . To produce " a constant stream forty foot high, one vessel of water rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water, (or in other words, forty times the quantity in the boiler.) A man that tends the work is but to turn...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 2

1825 - 490 pages
...the water run like a constant stream forty feet high. One vessel of water, rarified by fire, driving up forty of cold water, and a man that tends the work, has but to turn two cocks ; that one vessel of water being coneumed, another begins to force and refill...
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