Excerpt from A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine May turn up his nose at the acutest mathematician in the world, for, (in the action and construction of Steam Engines, ) there are cases in which the higher powers of the human mind must bend to mere mechanical instinct; and the observation applies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 edition. Excerpt: ... Charles Broderip, London. "In the construction." Neil Arnot, London. Furnace and boiler-Julius Griffith, London. Steam carriage-1822. Richard Ortnrod, Manchester. Boiler. John Gladstone, Castle Doug-las. Construction of steam vessels-Alexander Clark, Letichars. Condenser and boiler-Jacob Perkins, London. Boiler--Heating water under a great pressure. John Bambridge, London--Amos Thayer, Albany, United States. "Improvements in rotatory engine.' Thomas Leach, London. Steam wheel. G. H. Palmer, London. Furnace and destroying smoke. George Stratton, London. Consuming smoke. G. Stephenson, Long Benton. "Certain improvements." M.J. Brunei, London. "Certain improvements." John Stanley, Manchester. Supplying fuel to furnace. T. Binns and J.Binns, London. Boiler. 1823. Nathaniel Partridge, Bow-bridge. Furnace. Wm. Johnson, Great Totham. Boiler and furnace. Thomas Neville, Surrey. Boiler and furnice. William Jessop, Butterly. Metallic piston. Sir Anthony Perrier, Edin-burgh-Furnace and boiler. M. J. Brunei, London. "Certain improvements." Jacob Perkins, London. Boiling and evaporating by steam. Thomas Peel, Manchester. Rotatory engine. Jacob Perkins, London. Improvements in boiler. James Smith, Droitwich. Boiler. J. Fisher and J. Horton, West Bromwich. Boiler. William Jeakes, London. Water regulator to boiler. Joseph Bower, Leeds. Omission of air pomp. William Wigston, Derby. "Certain improvements." Robert Higgin, Norwich. Destroying smoke. James Surrey, Battersea. Furnace. James Christie, London. Furnace. INDEX. Abadia, Don Pedro, 184 Academy of sciences, 45, 88 Acohol engine, 155 Acta Eruditorum, 25 Act of Parliament, 16 Adjusting weights, 66 Admiralty, memoir to, 14 Affusion of water, 76 Air expanded by heat, 47 chamber, 47 cock, 82 engines, 7, ...