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When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle.

There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.

I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

We estimated that we could make one of four cylinders with 4 inch bore and 4 inch stroke, weighing not over two hundred pounds, including all accessories.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.