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8179. STEAM, Grist mills.—[continued].
In the arts, the most
striking thing I saw in England, new, was the
application of the principle of the steam-engine
to grist mills. I saw eight pairs of stones
which are worked by steam, and there are to be
set up thirty pair in the same house. A hundred
bushels of coal a day, are consumed at
present. I do not know in what proportion
the consumption will be increased by the additional
gear.—
To John Page. Washington ed. i, 550.
Ford ed., iv, 215.
(P.
1786)
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