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The return stroke is accomplished by the atmospheric pressure, and the work is now done upon the engine shaft on the return only. The method of connecting on the return stroke while leaving the piston free on the out stroke varies, but in many engines the principle was the same. Barsante and Matteucci, year 1857, British patent No. 1,625, describe the first engine of this kind, but Messrs.
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