A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 443
doing the work of a stud of 45,000 horses. Thus we are to-day witnessing the literal fulfillment ofthe predictions of Oliver Evans and of John Stevens, andalmost that contained in the couplets written by the poetDarwin, who, more than a century ago, before even theearliest of Watts improvements had… … CHAPTER Vn. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. The History of its Growth ; Eneegetics and Thek- mo-dtnamics. Op all the features which characterize this progressive economicalmoTement of civilized nations, that which first excites attention, throughits intimate connection with the phenomena of…
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