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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... "
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ... - Page 413
by William Seward - 1798
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 27

Arts - 1829 - 488 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...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...
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History of the Steam Engine, from Its Earliest Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1828 - 236 pages
...after the other, 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...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,...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 9

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1828 - 410 pages
...slated of his machine In the " Century of Inventions," namely, that "ene 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," &C. The Grand Duke, it is true, does not make mention of steam as the prime...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - Steam-engines - 1828 - 234 pages
...other ; I have seen the water run like a constant stream forty feet higli 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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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - Steam-engines - 1828 - 222 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 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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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ...

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

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 842 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...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,...
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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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The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, Part 2

English periodicals - 1833 - 598 pages
...a constant fountainstream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarifted by fire, driveth up fbrtf 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...
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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1829 - 372 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 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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