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Admit a jet of cold water, which condenses the steam in the cylinder,…

Quote byThomas Tredgold · 1788–1829

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Steam Engine: Comprising an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, 1827.

English (original)

admit a jet of cold water, which condenses the steam in the cylinder, forming a partial vacuum, and the piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, raising water by the pump rod H from the mine

— Thomas Tredgold

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