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A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

by Robert Henry Thurston

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Contents

  1. International Scientific Series
  2. Robert H. Thurston, A. M., C. E.,
  3. Preface
  4. Portraits
  5. Section I.—The Period of Speculation—from Hero to Worcester, b. c. 200 to a. d. 1650
  6. Section II.—The Period of Application—Worcester, Papin, and Savery
  7. The Steam-Engine as a Train of Mechanism
  8. The Modern Type, as Developed by Newcomen, Beighton, and Smeaton
  9. The Development of the Modern Steam-Engine. James Watt and His Contemporaries
  10. Section I.—James Watt and his Inventions
  11. Section II.—The Contemporaries of James Watt
  12. The Second Period of Application—1800-’40. Steam-Locomotion on Railroads
  13. The Modern Steam-Engine
  14. The Second Period of Application—1800-1850 (continued). The Steam-Engine Applied to Ship-Propulsion
  15. The Steam-Engine of to-Day
  16. The Period of Refinement—1850 to Date
  17. Section I.—Stationary Engines
  18. Section II.—Portable and Locomotive Engines
  19. Section III.—Marine Engines
  20. The History of its Growth; Energetics and Thermo-dynamics
  21. Its Application; its Teachings respecting the Construction of the Engine and its Improvement
  22. Scientific Publications
  23. Scientific Lectures and Essays

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