water-commanding

'This circumstance, attracting his attention, led him to a train of thought, which terminated in the completion of his' water-commanding engine. ''

The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

'Oh! infinitely omnipotent GOD! whose mercies are fathomless, and whose knowledge is immense and inexhaustible; next to my creation and redemption I render thee most humble thanks from the very bottom of my heart and bowels, for thy vouchsafing me (the meanest in understanding) an insight in soe great a secret of nature, beneficent to all mankind, as this my water-commanding engine.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Now, considering that the earliest patents which apparently refer to a steam-engine are of the years 1627 and 1631; [23] that the Marquis of Worcester's "water-commanding engine" and his almost prophetic statements were of the year 1663; that Sir S. Morland's proposals were made in 1683; and Thomas Savery's success in 1698, — it is hard to deny that we owe the engine, as regards the second or scientific condition, to a French work.

The Coal Question~ Of British Invention William Stanley Jevons 1865

What would the inventor of the water-commanding engine have said to the pollution of our waters, the destruction of the very landmarks of our history, the desecration of ruins that ought to be venerated for their loveliness as well as their story!

St. George and St. Michael Volume III George MacDonald 1864

He stopped the fountain of the white horse, once more set the water-commanding slave to work, and filled the cistern until he heard it roar in the waste-pipe.

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864

What would the inventor of the water-commanding engine have said to the pollution of our waters, the destruction of the very landmarks of our history, the desecration of ruins that ought to be venerated for their loveliness as well as their story!

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864

He would thirst indeed but for my water-commanding fiend below.

St. George and St. Michael Volume II George MacDonald 1864

He stopped the fountain of the white horse, once more set the water-commanding slave to work, and filled the cistern until he heard it roar in the waste-pipe.

St. George and St. Michael Volume III George MacDonald 1864

He would thirst indeed but for my water-commanding fiend below.

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864

That the engine which he constructed was designed to pump water is shown by the very name which he gave it, -- "the water-commanding engine," -- and, indeed, it was never used for any other purpose.

Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money James Parton 1856