A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 159
dinary gearing. Some of themachines designed by Watt and Murdoch, who alwaysworked well together, were found still in use and in goodworking condition by the author when visiting the works atSoho in 1873. The old mint in which, from 1797 to 1805,Boulton had coined 4,000 tons of copper, had then… … Fio. 36.—Murdoohs Oscillatiiig Engine, 1785. Outside of Soho, Murdoch also found ample employmentfor his inventive talent. In 1792, while at Redruth, hisresidence before finally returning to Soho, he was led tospeculate upon the possibility of utilizing the illuminatingqualities of coal-gas, and,…
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