You All Know How Powerful And Varied Are The Effects Of Which Steam Engines Are Capable; With Them Has Really Begun The Great Development Of Industry Which Has Characterised Our Century Before All Others. - SearchQuotes

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You all know how powerful and varied are the effects of which steam engines are capable; with them has really begun the great development of industry which has characterised our century before all others.

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