"To rob Britain of her steam engines would be to rob her of her coal and iron, to deprive her of her sources of wealth, to ruin her prosperity, to annihilate that collosal power."

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, "The Motive Power of Heat," (1824) as quoted in The Advancement of Science (1950) British Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol. 7, p. 109.