The Miners Friend ;
OR, AN
ENGINE
TO RAISE
WATER
BY
F I R E,
DESCRIBED.

AND
Of the manner of Fixing it in
MINES
WITH
An Account of the several other Uses it
is applicable unto: and an
ANSWER
To the OBJECTIONS made against it.

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by Tho. Savery, Gent.

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Pigri est ingenii contentum este bis, que ab
aliis inventa sunt. Seneca.

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LONDON: Printed for S. Crouch
1702

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Ed., The original web translation of this work was performed by the University of Rochester and published on their web site, Steam Engine Library, found at http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/ J.McV, Oct 2006

• To the King
• To the Royal Society
• T0 THE Gentlemen Adventurers In the Mines of ENGLAND.
• A Description of the Draught of The Engine for raising Water by Fire.
• Chapter 1 - The Manner of Working the Engine
• Chapter 2 - On the Uses that this Engine may be applied unto
• Chapter 3 - The Manner of Fixing the Engine for Water-Mills, Palaces, and Gentlemen's Seats, and Dreining Fens, and Supplying Houses with Water in General
• Several Objections against the Working of the Engine Answered, in a Dialogue between a Miner and the Author.

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