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Back to Articles Back to Articles Limit Thinking Words by David Jordan The Column Issue 08 Back to Articles Limit Thinking To make things better, first prove how good they can possibly be. Example H2 Example H3 In 1712, Thomas Newcomen, a Baptist preacher and ironmonger from Dartmouth, Devon, constructed his newly designed “atmospheric engine” for Coneygree Coalworks. Each stroke of the 20-ton machine would raise about 37 liters of water from the flooded mines below. It worked continuously and without tiring, unlike the dozen horses it replaced. Like those horses, however, Newcomen’s engine
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