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" that the very first time he played it, was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where though it was a small engine, yet it forced its way through the roof and struck up the tiles in a manner that surprised all the spectators. "
The Steam Engine and Its Inventors: A Historical Sketch - Page 61
by Robert Lindsay Galloway - 1881 - 260 pages
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A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1824 - 334 pages
...the affair ; and I have heard him say myself that the very first time he played it was in a porter's house at Lambeth ; where, though it was a small engine,...tiles, in a manner that surprised all the spectators." P. 324. " Introduction to a General System of Hydrostatics, &c. by Stephen S witzer," 1729. Fig. 10....
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A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1824 - 408 pages
...the affair ; and I have heard him say myself that the very first time he played it was in a porter's house at Lambeth ; where, though it was a small engine,...tiles, in a manner that surprised all the spectators." P. 324. " Introduction to a General System of Hydrostatics, &e. by Stephen Switzer," 1729. D pened...
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Historical and Descriptive Anecdotes of Steam-engines: And of ..., Volume 1

Robert Stuart - Inventors - 1829 - 510 pages
...workmen, who were necessarily to be employed about the affair; and I have heard him gay myself, that the first time he played it was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where, though it was but a small engine, yet it forced its way through the roof, and struck up the tiles Another of his...
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Historical Eloge of James Watt

François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...soon after, a patent from the Crown, for the sole making this engine. And I have heard him say myself, that the very first time he played, it was in a potter's...house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, it forced its way through the roof."—TR. / * The full title of Savory's book is as follows:—*^The...
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Historical eloge of James Watt, tr. with additional notes by J.P. Muirhead

Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...soon after, a patent from the Crown, for the sole making this engine. And I have heard him say myself, that the very first time he played, it was in a potter's...house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, it forced its way through the roof."—TR. * The full title of Savery's book is as follows:—" The...
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A Treatise on the Steam-engine: From the 7th Ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

John Scott Russell - Steam-engines - 1841 - 422 pages
...for the sole making this engine; and I have heard him say myself, that the very first time he play'd, it was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, yet it (the water) forced its way through the roof, and struck up the tiles in a manner that surprised all...
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A Treatise on the Steam Engine: From the Seventh Edition of the Encyclopedia ...

John Scott Russell - Steam engine - 1846 - 326 pages
...after a patent from the Crown, and I have heard him say myself, that the very first time he play'd, it was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, yet it (the water) forced its way through the roof and struck up the tiles in a manner that surprised all...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - London (England) - 1848 - 570 pages
...in Switzer's System qf Hydrostatics, published in 1729, that "the first time a steam-engine play'd was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, yet it (the water) forced its way through the roof, and struck up the tiles, in a manner that surprised all...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - London (England) - 1848 - 582 pages
...in Switzer's System of Hydrostaties, published in 1729, that "the first time a steam-engine play'd was in a potter's house at Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, yet it (the water) forced its way through the roof, and struck up the tiles, in a manner that surprised all...
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History of the steam engine, from the second century before the Christian ...

R. W., Robert Wallace - Steam-engines - 1852 - 146 pages
...Philosophical Transactions,' 252), and soon after a patent from the Crown ; and I have heard him say myself that the very first time he played it was in a potter's...Lambeth, where, though it was a small engine, yet the water forced its way through the roof, and struck up the tiles in a manner that surprised all the...
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