Quote#Wisdom
One of the steam vessels being filled with steam, condensation was…
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)
One of the steam vessels being filled with steam, condensation was produced by projecting cold water
— Thomas Tredgold
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The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.