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" 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 to force and refill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being... "
The Harleian Miscellany:: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining ... - Page 417
1810
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ...

1829 - 392 pages
...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...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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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 21

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 842 pages
...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 that tends the work...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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Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 510 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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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 21

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...run like a constant fountain stream, forty feel high ; one vessel of water, rarefied by fire, drivett up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vesstl of water being consumed, another begins to fora and refill with cold water, and so successively...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

1829 - 906 pages
...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 that tends the work is bat to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill...
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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 pages
...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 that tends the work has but to turn two cocks; that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and refill...
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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...between the necessity of turning the said cocks." 1. ' * c From this account Dr. Robinson founds an opinion, that " the steam engine was, beyond all...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1830 - 228 pages
...the water run like a constant stream forty feet high. One vessel ol 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 consumed another begins to force and refill...
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Lectures on the Steam-engine: In which Its Construction and Operation are ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1832 - 334 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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The United Service Journal

1833 - 598 pages
...run like a constant fountainstream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarifled by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work...and kept constant, which the self-same person may abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks." There is great...
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