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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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History of the Steam Engine, from Its Earliest Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - 1828 - 236 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 tlte...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1828 - 234 pages
...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...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between turning the said cocks.'' ,...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1828 - 222 pages
...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...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between turning the said cocks." The...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 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...successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which 40. A hollow copper and furnace, AEB, re- the self-same person may likewise abundantly presenting the...
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The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, Part 2

1833 - 598 pages
...a constant fountainstream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarifted by fire, driveth up fbrtf of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks."...
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THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW

APRIL AUGUST - 1829 - 736 pages
...fountain stream 40 feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up 40 of cold water, and the man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks,...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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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

1829 - 906 pages
...vessel of water rarefied by fire,-driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is bat 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 in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 512 pages
...high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man that attends the work, is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel...and refill with cold water, and so successively."* This description, although obscure, would give a mechanic a pretty clear notion of the rationale of...
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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 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." He also observes, that the condensation of the steam opens and shuts the valves, and fills the vessels,...
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History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of ...

Elijah Galloway - 1829 - 890 pages
...forty feet high; one vessel of water, rarified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water; and a roan that tends the work, is but to turn two cocks, that...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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