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Orange Jacobs: “Steam, whose latent energies were then but little known, under the exploitations of science and inventive genius…”

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Steam, whose latent energies were then but little known, under the exploitations of science and inventive genius, became, and continues to be the chief motive power of the world.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs discusses the transformative impact of steam power on society and its ongoing significance.

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