 | 1842 - 634 sider
...admitted to work ; the briskness of the fire ; the supply of water to the boiler ; the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute...talents and -qualities, and even when exerting the power of six hundred horses, it is obedient to the hand of a child ; its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal,... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1827 - 692 sider
...the boiler ;— the supply of coals to the fire ; — it opens and shuts its valves with mathematical precision as to time and manner ; — it oils its...out any air which may accidentally enter into parts that should be vacuous ; — it learns its attendants by ringing a bell when any thing goes wrong which... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1829 - 542 sider
...work; — the briskness of the fire; — the supply of water to the boiler; — the supply of coals to the fire; — it opens and shuts its valves with...out any air which may accidentally enter into parts that should be vacuous; — and when any thing goes wrong which it cannot of itself rectify, it warns... | |
 | 1830 - 592 sider
...supply of water to the boiler — the supply of coals to the fire ; — it opens and shuts its own valves with absolute precision as to time and manner ; — it oils its o/vn joints; — it takes out any air which may accidentally enter into parts which should be vacuous... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 sider
...work ; — the briskness of the fire ; — the supply of water to the boiler; — the supply of coals to the fire ; — it opens and shuts its valves with...enter into parts which should be vacuous ; and when anything goes wrong which it cannot of itself rectify, it warns its attendants by ringing a bell ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 436 sider
...work; — the briskness of the. fire,; — the supply of water to the boiler; — the supply of coals to the fire ; — it opens and shuts its valves with...enter into parts which should be vacuous ; and when anything goes wrong which it cannot of itself rectify, it warns its attendants by ringing a bell ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 438 sider
...oflbejire ; — the supply of water to the boiler ; — the supply of coals to the fire ; — it optns and shuts its valves with absolute precision as to...enter into parts which should be vacuous ; and when anything goes wrong which it cannot of itself rectify, it warns its attendants by ringing a bell ;... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 432 sider
...work ; — the briskness of the fire ; — the supply of water to the boiler ; — the supply of coals to the fire ; — it opens and shuts its valves with...absolute precision as to time and manner; — it oils Us joints ; — it takes out any air which may accidentally enter into parts which should be vacuous... | |
 | 1834 - 602 sider
...work ; the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler; the supply of coals to the tire ; it opens and shuts its. valves with absolute precision as to time and manner; it oils its joints; it lakes out any air which may accidentally enter into paru which should be vacuous ; and, when anything... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 sider
...admitted to work, the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler, the supply of coals to the fire ; it opens and shuts its valves with absolute...talents and qualities, and even when exerting the power of six hundred horses, it is obedient to the hand of a child. Its aliment is coal, wood, charcoal,... | |
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... them, moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work, the briskness of the fire, the supply of water to the boiler, the supply of coals to the fire ;... 
