I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon, early in 1765... I was thinking upon the engine at the time... when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication were made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel it would rush into it, and might be there condensed without cooling the cylinder.
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"I would rather face a loaded cannon than settle a patent dispute."
"groped in the dark, misled by many an ignis fatuus, but nature has a weak side, if we can only find it out."
"Every inefficiency in machinery is an insult to the engineer."
"It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world."
"The power of steam is like a wild horse; it must be harnessed with precision."
Watt's own recollection of his moment of inspiration for the separate condenser.
Date: 1765 (recollection published much later)
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