 | Richard Dennis Hoblyn - 1842 - 340 pages
...burst a cannon ; and, under the head of a Fire Water Work, he states: — "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... | |
 | 1844 - 508 pages
...that is, expanded into steam, " 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 the necessity of turning the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1844 - 504 pages
...that is, expanded into steam, " 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 the necessity of turning the... | |
 | 1844 - 564 pages
...that is, expanded into steam, " 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...and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept constant.which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 684 pages
...other, I have seen the water run like a constant 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1846 - 646 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 likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 580 pages
...other, I have seen the water run like a constant stream, forty feet high : one vessel of water rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water; and a man...water, and so successively ; the fire being tended anfl kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between... | |
 | Charles Foote Gower - 1847 - 208 pages
...vessel of water, rarified 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 the necessity of turning the... | |
 | Edward Cresy - 1847 - 912 pages
...vessel of water rarified by fire driveth up 40 of cold water : and the man that tends the work is hut to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being...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... | |
 | 384 pages
...the process repeated as long as may be desired. This agrees with the Marquess's account of " a man but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force." Mr. Millington says, the power thus gained is not so great as might be expected, since the height it... | |
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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... 
