 I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street — had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd's house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic...  Once a Week - Page 362edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1859 - 558 pages
...entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street — had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far as the Herd's-house, when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Steam-engines - 1865 - 560 pages
...entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washinghouse. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had...elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1865 - 556 pages
...discovery is best told in his own words, as related to Mr. Robert Hart, many years after :— house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had...elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might... | |
 | Glasgow Archaeological Society - Archaeology - 1868 - 538 pages
...entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street — had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far as the Herd's-house, when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 238 pages
...entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had...elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel,2 it would rush into it, and might... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1881 - 846 pages
...Charlotte-street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had got as far as the herd's house, when the idea came into...elastic body it would rush into a vacuum ; and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1882 - 504 pages
...street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had got as far as the herd's house when the idea came into...as steam was an elastic body, it would rush into a vacunm, and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel it would rush... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Inventions - 1885 - 320 pages
...entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had...herd's house, when the idea came into my mind that as the steam was an elastic body, it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made between... | |
 | Scotsmen - 1885 - 152 pages
...I had entered the green by the gate at the foot of the street and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time and had gone as far as the herd's house when an idea came into my mind ! " He went on, and by the time he had got to the end of his walk, he had... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1886 - 336 pages
...Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had got as far as the herd's house, when the idea came into...elastic body it would rush into a vacuum ; and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might... | |
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