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 76
water. He showed how water mightbe raised from deep mines by using several engines,placed at different depths, one over the other. Thus bythree lifts, each of 80 feet, water might be raised froma mine about 240 feet—then considered a very greatdepth From Saverys own account, it is evident… … HUEL VOR, WITH REMAIKS OF THE OLD WORKS. [By R- P Leitch.] The engine was found to be an improvement on themethods formerly employed for draining the mine, andsent the miners to considerably greater depths. Butthe great pressure of steam required to force up a high 56 ITS FAILURE IN STAFFORDSHIRE.…
