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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 FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW - Page 325
by APRIL AUGUST - 1829
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American Mechanics' Magazine, Volume 1

1825 - 428 pages
...with 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 steam opens and shuts the valves, and fills the vessels ;...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine: Comprising a ...

Charles Frederick Partington - 1826 - 356 pages
...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,...consumed, another begins to force and refill with reign." This was published in a small quarto volume of only twentytwo pages, and consists of little...
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The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature ...

1829 - 392 pages
...stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarified by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks,...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
...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,...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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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 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 shuts the valves, and fills the vessels,...
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Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ...

Dionysius Lardner - 1830 - 228 pages
...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...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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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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Lectures Upon Natural History: Geology, Chemistry, the Application of Steam ...

Timothy Flint - 1833 - 418 pages
...water, rarefied by fire, driveth up forty of cold water, and a man, that tends the work, has but to tend two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed,...the fire being tended, and kept constant, which the same person may likewise abundantly perform, in the interim between turning said cocks.' • It does...
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An Essay of the Nature and Application of Steam: With an Historical Notice ...

M. A. Alderson - 1834 - 200 pages
...sel of water rarified by fire driveth up forty of " cold water, and the man that tends the work has " but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water " being consumed another begins to force and re" fill with cold water, and so on successively, the " fire being tended and kept constant, which...
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