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" I have 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 that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another... "
The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ... - Page 219
1829
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 32

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1825 - 576 pages
...will be filling, and vice versa, which agrees with the marquis's account when he says, " that the man is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force," &c.' — p. 108.* It is certainly possible, though we do not conceive it probable, that the marquess...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 3

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1825 - 472 pages
...high; one vessel of water, rarified by" lire, driving up 40 of cold water. Ami a man that tends tbe work is but to turn two -cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another to -force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the tire being tended and kept constant,...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 2

1825 - 490 pages
...the Marquis of Worcester's description, where he says, that " a man has but to turn two cocks, and that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill." The condensation of the steam opens and shuts the valves, and fills the vessels, but this use of the...
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American Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 1

1825 - 428 pages
...with the Marquis of Worcester's description, where he says that ' a man has but to turn two cocks, and that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill.' He also observes that the condensation of steam opens and shuts the valves, and fills the vessels ;...
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History of the Steam Engine: From Its First Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1826 - 250 pages
...them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain-stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarified by...the fire being tended, and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in theinterim, between thenecessity of turningthe...
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The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 3

Luke Herbert - 1826 - 408 pages
...them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain-stream forty feet high; one vessel of water, rarified by...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly, perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 356 pages
...seen the water run like a constant fountain stream, forty feet high ; one vessel of water, rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...consumed, another begins to force and refill with reign." This was published in a small quarto volume of only twentytwo pages, and consists of little...
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A Course of Lectures on the Steam Engine: Delivered Before the Members of ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 212 pages
...vessel of water, rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man that tends the work is bnt to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform iu the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 7; Volume 27

1829 - 488 pages
...have seen the water run like a constant fountain-stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Thomas Tredgold - 1827 - 530 pages
...have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...the fire being tended and kept constant ; which the selfsame person may likewisely abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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