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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, at contrary 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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