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of fo much importance, which would fave 

 a multitude of, hands ? A fteam- engine, 

 ■when folidly conftru£ted, is not apt to be 

 deranged j it may be eafily tranfported 

 from one place to another; it may be 

 erected at a fmall expence ; and it re- 

 quires only S very common degree of in- 

 telligence in thofe who attend it, Be- 

 fides, it is not expofcd to the danger of ftop- 

 ping» which, in important undertakings, oc- 

 cafions long fufpcnfions of labour, and con- 

 fequently confiderable lofs. 



It may be of fervice, alfo, in places where 

 the water is unwholefome, by procuring, for 

 the ufe of man, diftilled water in abundance, 

 which is well known to be always whole- 

 fome, and fit for drinking when impregnated 

 with air, 



Thofe who are acquainted with the ef- 

 fects and advantages of fteam-engines, will 

 not be furprifedj that able mechanics, not- 



withftanding 



