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Hermann von Helmholtz - You all know how powerful and...

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. (Hermann von Helmholtz)

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.

Hermann von Helmholtz

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