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" The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves ; but early in 1765 it occurred to me, that if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam, and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids,... "
The Life of James Watt: With Selections from His Correspondence - Page 64
by James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 424 pages
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History of the Steam Engine, from Its Earliest Invention to the Present Time

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1828 - 236 pages
...were the means which were contemplated to effect these ends, when, early in 1765, it struck him, <f that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had...
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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1829 - 372 pages
...Steam Engine." Art. Caloric. * Watt's account of his invention, Robison's Mech. Phih vol. IL p. 117. " that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...exhausted of air and other fluids; the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had...
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Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - Inventors - 1829 - 510 pages
...CONDENSER INVENTED. venly spark of genius shone with brightness in his mind, the idea broke in upon him," that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air, the sleam would immediately rush, into the empty res.se/, and if that were kept very cool, by an injection...
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History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of ...

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1829 - 890 pages
...were the means which were contemplated to effect these ends, when, early in 1765, it struck him, " that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had...
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History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of ...

Elijah Galloway - Steam-engines - 1834 - 852 pages
...were the means which were contemplated to effect these ends, when, early in 1765, it struck him, " that if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam, and another vessel which was exhansted of air and other fluids, the steam, an an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into t/ie...
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Exemplary and Instructive Biography: For the Study of Youth

Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...the method of accomplishing these two objects was first matured in his mind. It then occurred to him, that if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue...
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The Steam-engine: Being a Popular Description of the Construction and Action ...

Hugo Reid - Steam-engines - 1838 - 234 pages
...method of condensing the steam without cooling the cylinder ; and in the year 1765, it occurred to him " that, if a communication were opened between a cylinder...exhausted of air and other fluids., the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had...
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The Steam Engine: Its Origin and Gradual Improvement, from the ..., Volume 1

Paul Rapsey Hodge - Locomotion - 1840 - 266 pages
...means contemplated by him to effect this object, when early in the year 1765, the thought struck him, " that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...exhausted of air and other fluids, the steam, as an expansible fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had...
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A Manual of the Steam Engine

Richard Dennis Hoblyn - Steam engine - 1842 - 332 pages
...cooled down to 100°, or lower, if possible. In following out these views, it occurred to him, in 1765, that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...immediately rush into the empty vessel, and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium. This was the earliest idea of condensation in a vessel...
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A Manual of the Steam Engine

Richard Dennis Hoblyn - Steam engine - 1842 - 348 pages
...cooled down to 100°, or lower, if possible. In following out these views, it occurred to him, in 1765, that if a communication were opened between a cylinder...steam, and another vessel which was exhausted of air ami other fluids, the steam, as an elastic fluid, would immediately rush into the empty vessel, and...
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