Triumphs of invention and discovery in art and science (1876)
Fyfe, J. Hamilton (James Hamilton), 1837-1880 · London ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row · leaf 78
regarded as one of the ablest men about thecollege, while his modesty, candour, and obliging-disposition gained him many good friends. Among his multifarious pursuits. Watt had experi-mented a little in the powers of steam ; but it wasnot till the winter of ] 763-4, when a model of xVew-comens… … JAMES WATT. THE STEAM ENGINE. 67 ducing a ready vacuum, by rapid condensation onthe application of cold ; and for practical purposeswas neither cheaper nor quicker than animal power.Watt, having repaired the model, found, on settingit agoing, that it would not work satisfactorily.Had it been onl}^…
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