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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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