The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated

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Dionysius Lardner. The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated

The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated

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THE STEAM ENGINE. EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY MATTER

CHAPTER II. FIRST STEPS IN THE INVENTION

HERO OF ALEXANDRIA, 120 BC

BLASCO DE GARAY, AD 1543

SOLOMON DE CAUS, 1615

GIOVANNI BRANCA, 1629

EDWARD SOMERSET, MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, 1663

SIR SAMUEL MORLAND, 1683

DENIS PAPIN, 1695

THOMAS SAVERY, 1698

CHAPTER III. ENGINES OF SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN

CHAP. IV. ENGINE OF JAMES WATT

CHAPTER V. WATT'S SINGLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE

CHAPTER VI. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE

CHAPTER VII. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE (continued.)

CHAPTER VIII. BOILER AND ITS APPENDAGES.—FURNACE

CHAPTER IX. DOUBLE-CYLINDER ENGINES

CHAPTER X. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON RAILWAYS

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CHAPTER XI. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS

CHAPTER XII. STEAM NAVIGATION

CHAPTER XII. GENERAL ECONOMY OF STEAM POWER

CHAPTER XIX. PLAIN RULES FOR RAILWAY SPECULATORS

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INDEX

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Dionysius Lardner

Published by Good Press, 2019

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