The following admirable description Of steam
eusrin. - hx Arnott.
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The following admirable description Of q steam
engine is by Arnott:


Tine Steam Engine. in its present improved
state, appears to be a thing almost endowed with
intelligence. II regulates with perfect accuracy
and uniformity the number Of IT, strokes IN given
time, and, moreover. counts, records them, TO
tell how much work IT has done, a clock records
the beats Of its pendulum. II regulates the sup
ply Of water 10 the boiler, the brisknes Of the rr,
and the quantity Of steam admitted 10 work: opens
and shuts its valves with absolute precision; oils
joints; takcs out any mir which may accidentally
enter into parts where perfect vacuum j. rcqurcd
and when any thing goes wrong which il cannot
Of itself rectify II its attendants by ringing
bell Yet with all these talents, and even when
Possessing the power Of GOO horses il is obedient
to the hand Of a child. It, ailments il coal. wood
or other combustibcs; bur IL consumes H0Rc nhiie
IDLE! II never tires, and wants no sleep: il is not
subject TO any mlady when originally well
madc-and only refuses TO work when worn out
with age.


Ii is equally active in all climates, and will do
work Of any kind. II j. a water Pumpcr, miner
n sailor. a cotton spinner. weaver, black smith,
a miller, and small eng.ne in the character Of
steam Poney. may be seen dragging after II, on a
railroad, hundred tons of merchandise a regi-
ment of soldiers, with greater speed than that Of
our fieetest coaches II il the king Of machines,
and permanent realization Of the GcHH Of Eastern
fables, whose supernatural powers were occasion
ally at the command Of man."