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Excerpt from Economie Sociale, Vol. 1: Des Interets du Commerce de l'Industrie Et de l'Agriculture, Et de la Civilisation en Generale, Sous l'Influence des Applications de la Vapeur; Machines Fixes, Chemins de Fer, Bateaux A Vapeur, Etc
Les machines de Watt et de Stephenson, les chemins de fer et les bateaux modernes la vapeur, en un mot, et ses mer veilles deja accomplies nous ont servi a fixer les idees: mais il importait peu quel exemple. Les conclusions auxquelles nous sommes arrive sont presque toutes independantes de la valeur intrinseque, de la destinee des proprietes spe ciales de la vapeur et de ses applications actuelles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
