Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- MEASURES, WEIGHTS, &c. USED IN THIS WORK
- SECT. I AN ACCOUNT OF THE INVENTION AND PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STEAM ENGINE
- SECT. II OF THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF STEAM, ITS ELASTIC FORCE, EXPANSIVE FORCE, AND POWER OF MOTION
- SECT. III OF THE GENERATION AND CONDENSATION OF STEAM AND THE APPARATUS FOR THOSE PURPOSES
- SECT. IV OF THE MECHANICAL POWER OF STEAM, AND THE NATURE, GENERAL PROPORTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEAM ENGINES
- SECT. V OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NONCONDENSING ENGINES
- SECT. VI OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONDENSING ENGINES
- SECT. VII OF THE PROPORTIONS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTS OF STEAM ENGINES
- SECT. VIII OF EQUALIZING THE ACTION, REGULATING THE POWER, MEASURING THE USEFUL EFFECT, AND MANAGING THE STEAM ENGINE
- SECT. IX OF THE APPLICATION OF STEAM ENGINES TO DIFFERENT PURPOSES
- SECT. X OF STEAM NAVIGATION
- TABLES
- EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
- INDEX
SECT. IV - OF THE MECHANICAL POWER OF STEAM, AND THE NATURE, GENERAL PROPORTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEAM ENGINES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- MEASURES, WEIGHTS, &c. USED IN THIS WORK
- SECT. I AN ACCOUNT OF THE INVENTION AND PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STEAM ENGINE
- SECT. II OF THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF STEAM, ITS ELASTIC FORCE, EXPANSIVE FORCE, AND POWER OF MOTION
- SECT. III OF THE GENERATION AND CONDENSATION OF STEAM AND THE APPARATUS FOR THOSE PURPOSES
- SECT. IV OF THE MECHANICAL POWER OF STEAM, AND THE NATURE, GENERAL PROPORTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEAM ENGINES
- SECT. V OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NONCONDENSING ENGINES
- SECT. VI OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONDENSING ENGINES
- SECT. VII OF THE PROPORTIONS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTS OF STEAM ENGINES
- SECT. VIII OF EQUALIZING THE ACTION, REGULATING THE POWER, MEASURING THE USEFUL EFFECT, AND MANAGING THE STEAM ENGINE
- SECT. IX OF THE APPLICATION OF STEAM ENGINES TO DIFFERENT PURPOSES
- SECT. X OF STEAM NAVIGATION
- TABLES
- EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
- INDEX
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- The Steam EngineComprising an Account of its Invention and Progressive Improvement, pp. 156 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1827