Excerpt from Authentic Genealogical Memorial History of Philip Powell, of Mifflin County, Pa., And His Descendants and Others, Vol. 1: With Miscellaneous Items and Incidents of Interest Mr. Watts did not think Of the vast usefulness and great pow er that would result from his watching the steam escape from his tea-kettle, nor of the great blessing which has resulted to his fel low men from his experimenting upon and improving his steam apparatus. But just see now what vast machinery is put in mo tion by steam-power! Large vessels are moving upon the great Ocean Of water; and the fiery steed now runs swiftly along the iron rail, followed by a long train of coaches filled with human beings going to and fro. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.