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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 United Service Journal

1833 - 600 pages
...have seen the water run like a constant fountainstream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarifled by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...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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Lectures Upon Natural History: Geology, Chemistry, the Application of Steam ...

Timothy Flint - 1833 - 418 pages
...water, rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water, and a man, that tends the work, has but to tend two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed,...the fire being tended, and kept constant, which the same person may likewise abundantly perform, in the interim between turning said cocks.' • It does...
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An Essay of the Nature and Application of Steam: With an Historical Notice ...

M. A. Alderson - 1834 - 200 pages
...sel of water rarified by fire driveth up forty of " cold water, and the man 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 on successively, the " fire being tended and kept constant, which...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending ..., Volume 2

Luke Hebert - 1835 - 938 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...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the Kelt-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending ..., Volume 2

Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 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...refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire beiiîg tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundanti; perform in the...
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A Popular and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a General ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1836 - 390 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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The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated: With an Historical ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1836 - 362 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 selfsame person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the...
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The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated: With an Historical ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1836 - 384 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...begins to force and refill with cold water, and so sucessively ; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the selfsame person may likewise abundantly...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 4

1837 - 516 pages
...high. One vessel of water, rarefied by fire, driveth up 40 of cold water; and a man that tends the cock is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water...the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the a 1'aide du feu, non par...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 6

Robert Walsh - 1829 - 554 pages
...of water rarified by fire driveth tip forty feet of cold water; and a man that tends the work is hut to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being...water, and so successively, the fire being tended aiul kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between...
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