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" It raises water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man onlv ; and in a very short space of time will draw up four vessels of water through a tube or channel not more than a span in width... "
A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents - Page 358
by Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 527 pages
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 6

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1827 - 588 pages
...of the archbishop of Canterbury, to sec an hydraulic machine, invented by my Lord Somerset, Marquess of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical...through a tube or channel not more than a span in iviilth ; on which account it is considered to be of greater service to the public, than the other...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 6

1827 - 600 pages
...invented bv my Lord Somerset, Marquess of Worcester." It raises water more than forty geometrical ffet, by the power of one man only ; and in a very short space of time will tiraw 141 four vessels of water, through a tube or channel not more than a span in width ; on which...
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Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 510 pages
...went again, after dinner, to the other side of the city, extending his excursion as far as Vayxhall, beyond the palace of the archbishop of Canterbury,...an hydraulic machine, invented by my Lord Somerset, Marquess of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical feel, by the power of one man only...
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Treatise on the Steam Engine

James Renwick - 1839 - 374 pages
...went again after dinner to the other side of the city, extending his excursions as far as Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury,...water, through a tube or channel not more than a span iu width." Here, then, is a description of an engine in actual operation, and corresponding in terms...
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Historical Eloge of James Watt

François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...May 1699, his Highness saw at Vauxhall, an hydraulic machine, invented by my Lord Somerset, Marquess of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical...a tube or channel not more than a span in width." Mr. Stuart thinks it clear, from different reasons which he assigns, that this hydraulic machine must...
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The Steam Engine: Its Origin and Gradual Improvement, from the ..., Volume 1

Paul Rapsey Hodge - 1840 - 266 pages
...year 1656, in which we find the following account of this machine : his excursions as far as Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to see an hydraulic machine, invented by Lord Somerset, Marquis of Worcester. It raises •water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 4

1841 - 598 pages
...palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to see an hydraulic machine, invented by my Lord Somerset, the Marquis of Worcester. It raises water more than forty...a tube or channel not more than a span in width." A project for the construction of some sort of a steam-engine appears to have been struggling in his...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 4

1841 - 604 pages
...went again after dinner to the other side of the cily, extending his excursions as far as Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury,...an hydraulic machine, invented by my Lord Somerset, the Marquis of Worcester. It raises water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man...
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 612 pages
...went again, after dinner, to the other side of the city, extending his excursion as far as Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury,...than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man onlv ; and in a very short space of time will draw up four vessels of water through a tube or channel...
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for ...

Thomas Ewbank - 1846 - 646 pages
...went again, after dinner, to the other side of the city, extending his excursion as far as Vauxhall, beyond the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury,...an hydraulic machine invented by my Lord Somerset, Marquii of Worcester. It raise* water more than forty geometrical feet, by the power of one man onlj...
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