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A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

by Robert Henry Thurston

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Author
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
TJ: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery
Subject
Steam-engines -- History
Category
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eBook-No.
35916
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35916
Release Date
April 19, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.VOLUME XXIV. — THE
  3. 3.INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. — THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. — A HISTORY — OF THE — GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. — BY
  4. 4.ROBERT H. THURSTON, A. M., C. E., — COPYRIGHT, 1878, 1884,
  5. 5.By ROBERT H. THURSTON.
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.CONTENTS.
  8. 8.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  9. 9.PORTRAITS. — THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.
  10. 10.CHAPTER I. — THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE MACHINE. — Section I. — The Period of Speculation—from Hero to Worcester, b. c. 200 to a. d. 1650. — Section II.—The Period of Application—Worcester, Papin, and Savery.
  11. 11.CHAPTER II. — THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A TRAIN OF MECHANISM. — The Modern Type, as Developed by Newcomen, Beighton, and Smeaton.
  12. 12.CHAPTER III. — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. JAMES WATT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. — Section I.—James Watt and his Inventions. — Section II.—The Contemporaries of James Watt.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IV. — THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. — The Second Period of Application—1800-’40. Steam-Locomotion on Railroads.
  14. 14.CHAPTER V. — THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. — The Second Period of Application—1800-1850 (continued). The Steam-Engine Applied to Ship-Propulsion.
  15. 15.CHAPTER VI. — THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY. — The Period of Refinement—1850 to Date. — Section I.—Stationary Engines. — Section II.—Portable and Locomotive Engines. — Section III.—Marine Engines.
  16. 16.CHAPTER VII. — THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. — The History of its Growth; Energetics and Thermo-dynamics.
  17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. — THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. — Its Application; its Teachings respecting the Construction of the Engine and its Improvement.
  18. 18.Scientific Publications.
  19. 19.SCIENTIFIC LECTURES AND ESSAYS.

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