A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Edward Somerset, the Second Marquis of Worcester. quis of Worcester was actually used for the purpose ofelevating water for practical purposes at Vauxhall; nearLondon. How early this invention was introduced at Raglan Cas-tle by Worcester is not known, but it was probably notmuch later than 1628. In 1647 Dircks shows the marquisprobably to have been engaged in getting out parts of thelater engine which was erected at Vauxhall, obtaining his Anecdotes of the Steam-Engine, vol. i., p. 61. THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. 21 materials from William Lambert,
A history of the growth of the steam-engine . Edward Somerset, the Second Marquis of Worcester. quis of Worcester was actually used for the purpose ofelevating water for practical purposes at Vauxhall; nearLondon. How early this invention was introduced at Raglan Cas-tle by Worcester is not known, but it was probably notmuch later than 1628. In 1647 Dircks shows the marquisprobably to have been engaged in getting out parts of thelater engine which was erected at Vauxhall, obtaining his Anecdotes of the Steam-Engine, vol. i., p. 61. THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. 21 materials from William Lambert, a brass-founder. His pat-ent was issued in June, 1663. We nowhere find an illustrated description of the ma-chine, or such ah account as would enable a mechanic to. Fio. T.—Worcesters Steam Pountain, a. d. 1650. reproduce it in aU its details. Fortunately, the cells andgrooves (Fig. 9) remaining in the wall of the citadel ofRaglan Castle indicate the general dimensions and arrange-ment of the engine; and Dircks, the biographer of the in-ventor, has suggested the form of apparatus shown in thesketch (Fig. 8) as most perfectly in accord with the evidencethere found, and with the written specifications. The two vessels, A A, are connected by a steam-pipe,££, with the boiler, C, behind them. D is the vertical water-pipe, JEJ, is connected with the cold-water vessels, A A, by the pipes, FF, reaching nearly tothe bottom. Water is supplied by the pipes, GG, withvalves, a a, dipping into the well or ditch, II. Steam from 22 THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE MACHINE. the boiler being admitted to each vessel, A and A, alter-nately, and there condensing, the Tacuum formed per-mits the pressure of the atmosphere to force the waterfrom the well throu
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