A history of the growth of the steam-engine . tions of his in-ventions, couched in obscure and singular language, andcalled A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Inven-tions by me already Practised. One of these inventions is an apparatus for raising wa-ter by steam. The description was not accompanied by adrawing, but the sketch here given (Pig. 7) is thoughtprobably to resemble one of his earlier contrivances veryclosely. Steam is generated in the boiler a, and thence is led intothe vessel e, already nearly filled with water, and fitted uplike the apparatus of De Caus. It drives the water
A history of the growth of the steam-engine . tions of his in-ventions, couched in obscure and singular language, andcalled A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Inven-tions by me already Practised. One of these inventions is an apparatus for raising wa-ter by steam. The description was not accompanied by adrawing, but the sketch here given (Pig. 7) is thoughtprobably to resemble one of his earlier contrivances veryclosely. Steam is generated in the boiler a, and thence is led intothe vessel e, already nearly filled with water, and fitted uplike the apparatus of De Caus. It drives the water in a jetout through the pipe/! The vessel e is then shut off fromthe boiler a, is again filled through the pipe A, and the oper- 20 THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE -MACHINE. ation is repeated. Stuart thinks it possible that the mar-quis may have even made an engine with a piston, andsketches it. The instruments of Porta and of De Causwere steam fountains, and were probably applied, if usedat all, merely to ornamental purposes. That of the Mar-. 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
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