| 1864 - 402 pages
...times) than the water before occupied, and sooner than be constantly confined, would split a piece of cannon. But, being duly regulated according to the...by science reduced to measure, weight, and balance, when they bear their load peaceably (like good horses), and thus become of great use to mankind, particularly... | |
| Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 532 pages
...converted into vapour by the force of fire, these vapours shortly require a larger space (about 200 times) than the water before occupied, and, rather...measure, weight, and balance, then they bear their load peacefully (like good horses), and thus become of great use to mankind, particularly for raising water,... | |
| Charles Knight - Biography - 1867 - 540 pages
...converted into vapour by the forco of fire, these vapours shortly require a larger space (about 200 times) than the water before occupied, and, rather...measure, weight, and balance, then they bear their load peacefully (like good horses), and thus become of great use to mankind, particularly for raising water,... | |
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