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... Inventors and Inventions - Page 249by Henry Dircks - 1867 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1833 - 632 pages
...have seen the water run like a constant fountainstream forty feet high; one vessel of water ratified by fire, driveth up forty of cold water. And a man...and so successively; the fire being tended and kept con' slant, which the self-same person may abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity... | |
| 1820 - 618 pages
...cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water bcinfi consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the tire beiug tended anc kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in... | |
| 1842 - 446 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 shut! the valves, and fills the vessels,... | |
| William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1859 - 606 pages
...cold water ; and the person who conducted the operations had nothing to do but to turn two cocks, so that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force, and then to fill itself with cold water, and so on in succession.' * Such are the simple but pregnant words... | |
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