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in a compact form, and without annoyance in the midst 

 of towns, in every floor of a house. 



The intensity of this power will vary according to the 

 will of the mechanic ; it will not depend as formerly on 

 the most inconstant of natural causes : on atmospheric 

 meteorology. 



The various branches of a manufactory can be united 

 in one common area, and under one roof. 



The industrial products, whilst undergoing improve 

 ment, will also be reduced in price. 



The population well-fed, well-dressed, well-warmed, 

 will increase rapidly ; it will cover every part of the 

 territory with elegant habitations ; even those parts that 

 might justly be called the steppes of Europe, and which 

 from the aridity of ages seemed to be condemned to re 

 main the exclusive domain of wild beasts. 



In a few years hamlets will become important cities : 

 in a few years boroughs, such as Birmingham, where 

 there used to be scarcely thirty streets, will rise to be 

 ranked among the largest cities, the handsomest and the 

 richest of a powerful kingdom. 



Installed on board ship, the steam-engine will replace 

 a hundredfold the efforts of the triple, of the quadruple 

 banks of rowers, from whom our ancestors required a 

 degree of labour classed among the punishments of the 

 worst criminals. 



By the aid of a few tons of coals, man will conquer 

 the elements ; he will laugh at calms, afcontrary winds, 

 at storms. 



Passages from one country to another will become 

 more rapid ; the time of the steamboat s arrival can be 

 foretold as correctly as that of a public land conveyance ; 

 you will no more go to the sea-shore for weeks, or even 



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