Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 181
pose. Nature has not onlyfurnished wind for amotive force, but it hasalso provided man withwater power. Thewater wheel, with its ac-companying dam acrossthe stream, has been in general use from the time of theearliest settlements. The weight of the water turned awheel, thus developing a force which… … AN OLD WINDMILL. CLOTHING—THE STEAM ENGINE. 179 engine was devised by Hero more than two thousand yearsago, but it was of little practical value and was soon forgot-ten. Not until the beginning of the eighteenth century w^asa machine invented which could successfully produce motionby steam. This…
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