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" I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty foot high; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins... "
Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute - Page 87
1833
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 3

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...of water being consumed, another to -force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the tire being tended and kept constant, which the selfsame person may likewise abundantly perform iu the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks. 69. A way how a little triangle screwed...
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 3

Luke Herbert - 1826 - 408 pages
...that tends the work, is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." From this account Dr. Robinson founds an opinion that " the steam engine was, beyond all doubt, the...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 356 pages
...is certain that he never published any key to the first hint furnished in the Century of Inventwns. cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." Vide Harleian MSS. No. 2428. In 1683, a scheme for raising water by the agency of steam was offered...
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History of the Steam Engine: From Its First Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1826 - 250 pages
...that tends the work, is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in theinterim, between thenecessity of turningthe said cocks." From this account Dr. Robinson founds an...
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A Course of Lectures on the Steam Engine: Delivered Before the Members of ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 202 pages
...that tends the work is bnt to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform iu the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks." This is all the explanation the Marquis...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 27

1829 - 488 pages
...that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." This apparatus is, in principle, the same as Porta's. The merit of the Marquis of Worcester consists...
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The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Thomas Tredgold - 1827 - 540 pages
...that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...and kept constant ; which the selfsame person may likewisely abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks." This...
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History of the Steam Engine, from Its Earliest Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1828 - 236 pages
...that tends the work, is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning tlte said cocks." From this account Dr. Robinson founds an opinion, that " the steam engine was, beyond...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1828 - 222 pages
...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;...likewise abundantly perform in the interim between turning the said cocks." The Marquess states that these experiments were made about 1663. We have,...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1828 - 234 pages
...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;...likewise abundantly perform in the interim between turning the said cocks.'' , . The Marquess states that these experiments were made about 1663. We have,...
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