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A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 45

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ed uplike the apparatus of De Caus. It drives the water in a jetout through the pipe/! The vessel e is then shut off fromthe boiler a, is again filled through the pipe A, and the oper- 20 THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE -MACHINE. ation is repeated. Stuart thinks it possible that the mar-quis may have… … Edward Somerset, the Second Marquis of Worcester. quis of Worcester was actually used for the purpose ofelevating water for practical purposes at Vauxhall; nearLondon. How early this invention was introduced at Raglan Cas-tle by Worcester is not known, but it was probably notmuch later than 1628.…

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