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Scientific American, Vol. 19, No. 13 (1868) (1868)

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braham contents of the boiler. wanted to send a message to Lot he despatched a man on The testimony of Messrs. horseback, who galloped twelve miles an hour. When our Pratt, Whitney & Co., the fathers wanted to send a message to their nephews, they well-known tool builders could do no better and go… … Two valves are ar- and fifteen miles an ranged in the upper part hour with wonderful re- gularity, whether wind and tide be favorable or not ; nor is it likely that we shall ever be able to go much faster. But the progress in the means of communication is the most a weight when either the pressure…

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