Part, §

 1 Pre,  1|   many years to draw water by means of fire. When fourteen years
 2 Pre,  1|     costs of lifting water by means of horses which Mr. Newcomen
 3 Pre,  3|     light of day, and this by means of ignorant folk who had
 4 Pre,  7|     water from a mine that by means of artifices, actuated by
 5 Pre,  9|      constitutes the agent by means of which the power is obtained.~ ~
 6 Exp    |     The injection-tap and the means to open and shut it, worked
 7 Exp    |     shutting the regulator by means of the balance, and the
 8 Exp    |      and the injection tap by means of three adjustable iron
 9 Exp    |       lifting-jack F which by means of the weight attached to
10 Exp    |   keeps filled with water, by means of a force-work or pump
11   I,  7|       easily be calculated by means of this table, if 30 inches
12  II, 14|       feet; the pump-pipe, by means of which the fire-machine
13  II, 20|       way of drawing water by means of horses, which the following
14  II, 20|      feet water per minute by means of two sets of pumps 8 inches
15 III, 30|       fire in a short time by means of a single hose, the effectiveness
16 III, 30|     machine supplies water by means of force-work, is raised
17 III, 32|    concerning an invention by means of which it would be possible
18 III, 40|    and nature having given us means at hand to defend this magnificent
19 III, 44|      rods to the mines, which means will, however, prove insufficient
20 III, 44|     of the water power or the means of transmitting it. In other
21 III, 44|       great depth than by the means of horses, upon the cost
22 III, 47| brought to bear, but also the means by which this force is created,
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