An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels... A History of Wonderful Inventions - Էջ 121849Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| 2003 - 198 էջ
...from, each of two receivers, the action being manually controlled by two cocks: An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for this must be as the Philosopher calleth it, Intia sphaeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance.... | |
| Henry Winram Dickinson - 1939 - 304 էջ
...actually achieved. The wording of his description of his apparatus is as follows: An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing...sucking it upwards, for that must be as the Philosopher calleth it, Intra sphaeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. 1 Century of. . . Inventions,... | |
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...much to the imagination. It is entitled "A Fire Water- work," and runs thus: — An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing...sucking it upwards, for that must be as the Philosopher calleth it, Intro, spha&ram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no Bounder,... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1829 - 594 էջ
...be successful. We shall quote the description in the author's own words : — "An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing...sucking it upwards, for that must be, as the philosopher calls it, infra sphx1S29.] The Steam- Engine. 415 rum aclivitatis, which is but at such a distance.... | |
| 1820 - 618 էջ
...and Parliament, he gives the following account of this importantdiscovery.— " An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire ; not by drawing...sucking it upwards; for that must be, as the philosopher calleth it, in: rn tplieeram activitatit, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder,... | |
| Samuel Drew - 1820 - 566 էջ
...and Parliament, he gives the following account of this important discovery .—"An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire ; not by drawing...it upwards ; for that must be, as the philosopher calleth it, intra tplueram aeliritatit, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder,... | |
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