The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated. Dionysius Lardner
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Dionysius Lardner
The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066151614
Table of Contents
THE STEAM ENGINE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED.
CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY MATTER.
CHAPTER II. FIRST STEPS IN THE INVENTION.
EDWARD SOMERSET, MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, 1663.
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.
CHAPTER XI. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.
CHAPTER XII. STEAM NAVIGATION.
CHAPTER XII. GENERAL ECONOMY OF STEAM POWER.