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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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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2

Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 568 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;" The next name to be mentioned in connection with the progressive history of the invention of the steam-engine,...
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2

Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 580 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 ; the fire being tended anfl kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between...
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The Scientific Phenomena of Domestic Life: Familiarly Explained

Charles Foote Gower - 1847 - 208 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...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." It appears from the above extract that the Marquis was quite acquainted with the expansive power of...
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A Treatise on the Steam Engine: In Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam ...

Artizan club (London, England) - 1847 - 338 pages
...that tends the work has but to turn two cocks that one vessel of water being consumed another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." This is the first feasible echeme for raising water by steam power that history records, and it is...
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The Mechanic's organ, or, Journal for young men and women [afterw.] Voice of ...

384 pages
...but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill, and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." The Marquess afterwards published another book, containing only 22 pages, called, " An exact and true...
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An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical ..., Volume 1

Edward Cresy - 1847 - 912 pages
...that tends the work is hut 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 attended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim...
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The locomotive, or the steam engine applied to railways, common roads, and ...

Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1848 - 100 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...in the interim between the necessity of turning the same cocks." This experiment was made, it is supposed, in the year 1663, and Dr. Lardner observes,...
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A history of wonderful inventions

History - 1849 - 270 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;...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." In the accompanying figure of the Marquis of Worcester's engine it represents the boiler composed of...
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Railway Appliances in the Nineteenth Century: With Illustrative Anecdotes ...

R. Yorke Clarke - 1850 - 256 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...in the interim between the necessity of turning the same cocks." This experiment was made, it is supposed, in the year 1663, and Dr. Lardner observes,...
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - 1851 - 646 pages
...that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another beging to force and refill with cold water, and so successively,...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." We here see clearly what was meant by Ramseye and others when they spoke of raising water by fire,...
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