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| | Samuel Morey |
 | | The late Alice Doan Hodgson of Orford, NH, wrote a number of publications concerning the history and families of her town and environs, including Thanks to the Past, Samuel Morey: Inventor Extraordinary, Historic Mill Sites of Orford, New Hampshire, and Orford, New Hampshire: A Most Beautiful Village. |
 | | Considering the new power in relation to its use in an engine to produce force or motion, Morey invented a machine which, according to Charles E. Duryea, was the first successfully designed forerunner of the internal combustion machine. |
 | | The steam formed by the explosion and formation of the vacuum was condensed by surrounding the lower part of the cylinder with water and by causing the vacuum to inject a small stream of cold water near the bottom which also cooled the arched plate and leather valve. |
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