| 1805 - 948 pages
...effect of steam upon certain bodies diat are immersed in it ; that its heat is much greater dian diat of boiling water. Yet, although for ages they have been in the constant practice of confining it in close vessels, something like Pafin's digester, for1 the purpose... | |
| Sir John Barrow - China - 1805 - 444 pages
...fact, they have given themselves no further trouble to explain the phenomenon. In like manner, they are well acquainted with the effect of steam upon...water. Yet, although for ages they have been in the constant practice of confining it in close vessels, something like Papin's digester, for the purpose... | |
| 542 pages
...bread was (and is) generally steamed rather than baked. In his Travels in China3 John Barrow wrote: 'In like manner, they (the Chinese) are well acquainted...lanterns are made, they seem not to have discovered its extraordinary force when thus pent up; at least, they have never thought of applying that power to... | |
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