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" I 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 that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins... "
An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical - Page 582
by Edward Cresy - 1847 - 1039 pages
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Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 41

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...with cold water, and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge ..., Volume 3

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pages
...of water rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water ; and the man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being...with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant; which the self same person may abundantly perform in the interim between...
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A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts, Volume 1

Thomas Young - 1845 - 654 pages
...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...with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim...
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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2

Johann Beckmann - 1846 - 568 pages
...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...with cold water, and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim,...
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The Scientific Phenomena of Domestic Life: Familiarly Explained

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...with cold water, and so successively the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform, in the interim...
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The Mechanic's organ, or, Journal for young men and women [afterw.] Voice of ...

384 pages
...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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A Treatise on the Steam Engine: In Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam ...

Artizan club (London, England) - 1847 - 338 pages
...have been indispensable to make the action of the engine continuous. Besides the description says, that "one vessel of water being consumed another begins to force, and reiill with cold water," which we take to mean that when the water of one boiler was evaporated it...
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The locomotive, or the steam engine applied to railways, common roads, and ...

Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1848 - 100 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...with cold water, and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept constant ; which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform, in the interim...
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A history of wonderful inventions

History - 1849 - 270 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...with cold water, and so successively; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim...
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Railway Appliances in the Nineteenth Century: With Illustrative Anecdotes ...

R. Yorke Clarke - 1850 - 256 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...with cold water, and so successively ; the fire being tended and kept constant ; which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform, in the interim...
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