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Excerpt from Locomotive Engine: Including a Description of Its Structure, Rules for Estimating Its Capabilities, and Practical Observations on Its Construction and Management
The most prominent of the properties pos sessed by steam are its high expansive force, its-property of condensation by an abstraction bf its temperature, its concealed or undeveloped heat, and the inverted ratio of its pressure to the space which it occupies.
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