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JACQUES
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    Years ago…. I remember visiting a museum in Birmingham England where James Watt rigged up the fist steam engine….. ( way after seeing his kettle boil off it’s lid)

    It was the size of a large living room and put out about 1.5hp… much less than a lawnboy today ! I walked by it but did snif the smell of grass … blades came later 🙂

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