Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 30
ratus; itmerely furnished an illustration ofthe extraordinary force of pent-upsteam, and that was all. Though De Cans made manyexperiments with his steam-vessel, he never succeededin making—if, indeed, he ever attempted to make—aworking steam-engine of any kind. It is not impro-bable that he was… … DE CAUSS STEAM APPARATUS ^ De Cans eventually returned toFrance, and was appointed engineer tothe King. During the later years ofhis life he was employed in carryingout plans for the better supply ofParis with water. The story so oftentold of De Caus having been shut upin the Bicetre turns out to…
