A short historical account of the invention, theory, and practice, of fire-machinery [electronic resource] : or introduction to the art of making machines, vulgarly called steam-engines. In order to extract Water from Mines, convey it to Towns, and Jets D'Eaux in Gardens. To procure Water-Falls for Fulling, Hammering, Stamping, Rolling, and Corn, Mills, &c. To give Motion to all sorts of Machinery worked by Men or Horses, and bring in and out of Port Vessels in Calms, and against the Wind in moderate Weather. With Two Letters, by the Author, which give an Account how Nature and bad Engineering tend to the Destruction of the Port of Amsterdam; and how the extracting the stagnated and stinking Waters, and bringing fresh to circulate in the Canals of that City, was opposed. By Mr. Blakey.
1793
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A short historical account of the invention, theory, and practice, of fire-machinery [electronic resource] : or introduction to the art of making machines, vulgarly called steam-engines. In order to extract Water from Mines, convey it to Towns, and Jets D'Eaux in Gardens. To procure Water-Falls for Fulling, Hammering, Stamping, Rolling, and Corn, Mills, &c. To give Motion to all sorts of Machinery worked by Men or Horses, and bring in and out of Port Vessels in Calms, and against the Wind in moderate Weather. With Two Letters, by the Author, which give an Account how Nature and bad Engineering tend to the Destruction of the Port of Amsterdam; and how the extracting the stagnated and stinking Waters, and bringing fresh to circulate in the Canals of that City, was opposed. By Mr. Blakey.
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Blakey, William, b. 1712.
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London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1793.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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viii,23,[1]p. ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title.
Pp 19-23 contain 'Proposals for publishing, by subscription, The history, theory, and practice, of fire-machinery, which gives motion to mills'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Pp 19-23 contain 'Proposals for publishing, by subscription, The history, theory, and practice, of fire-machinery, which gives motion to mills'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T112147.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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