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Against the vessel; and into the partial vacuum made by that means,…

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)

against the vessel; and into the partial vacuum made by that means, the water, by the pressure of the atmosphere, was forced up the descending main

— Thomas Tredgold

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