The Triumphs of Steam: Or, Stories from the Lives of Watt, Arkwright, and Stephenson. By the Author of "Might Not Right," "Our Eastern Empire," "The Martyr Land," &cGriffith and Farran, 1859 - 263 pages |
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... idea in my head , and I want to work it out ; and I have been reading all the books lately I could find about the steam - engine , but they have such long hard words , they puzzle and con- fuse me ; now I think if you could tell me ...
... idea in my head , and I want to work it out ; and I have been reading all the books lately I could find about the steam - engine , but they have such long hard words , they puzzle and con- fuse me ; now I think if you could tell me ...
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... idea of pouring a shower of cold water into the cylinder as the piston was de- scending . It was found to answer admirably , and that a great increase of power was in this manner obtained . ' Still , with all these improvements ...
... idea of pouring a shower of cold water into the cylinder as the piston was de- scending . It was found to answer admirably , and that a great increase of power was in this manner obtained . ' Still , with all these improvements ...
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... idea suggested by his expedient was immediately fol- lowed up , and rods were fixed to the beam , furnished with pegs which pressed upon the cocks , opening or shutting them as the case might be , and thus enabling the engine to do its ...
... idea suggested by his expedient was immediately fol- lowed up , and rods were fixed to the beam , furnished with pegs which pressed upon the cocks , opening or shutting them as the case might be , and thus enabling the engine to do its ...
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... idea of putting them together . There , see John has collected a great pile , so now you can attend to mamma altogether . " 66 Any thing more , sir ? " said John , touching his hat . " No , that is all . Now , mamma ; " and in a few ...
... idea of putting them together . There , see John has collected a great pile , so now you can attend to mamma altogether . " 66 Any thing more , sir ? " said John , touching his hat . " No , that is all . Now , mamma ; " and in a few ...
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... idea , set steadily to work to reduce it to practice , and after months of patient labour constructed a model which far more than realized his most sanguine expectations . But the great difficulty was how to make it publicly known ...
... idea , set steadily to work to reduce it to practice , and after months of patient labour constructed a model which far more than realized his most sanguine expectations . But the great difficulty was how to make it publicly known ...
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African Wanderers ALFRED CROWQUILL amongst amusement Arkwright asked Aunt Helen Author Boulton charming Chat Moss cloth coloured construction Darlington DAVID STOW delight difficulties Donny Edition engine England Engravings exclaimed Charles exclaimed Ernest Faggot House fame father favourite Fcap fortune genius Geordie Lamp George Stephenson GILBERT gilt edges Grenville Hargraves History honour hour idea Illus Illustrated by H Illustrations by JOHN improvement invention James Watt JOHN ABSOLON JOHN GILBERT Killingworth Kilsby tunnel knew labour lamp laughed length locomotive look machine mamma matter mind nature navvies never papa perseverance phenson plain poor railroad railway replied Robert Stephenson Royal 16mo seemed Sir Humphrey Sir Humphrey Davy Small 4to steam steam-engine Stephenson's cottage story success sure tell thing thought tion told travelling truth Watt Watt's WEIR whilst wonderful young
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