The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated
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- With an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its applications to navigation and railways; with plain axioms for railway speculators
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR.3. PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.4. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.5. CONTENTS.6. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY MATTER.7. CHAPTER II. FIRST STEPS IN THE INVENTION.8. CHAPTER III. ENGINES OF SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN.9. CHAP. IV. ENGINE OF JAMES WATT.10. CHAPTER V. WATT'S SINGLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE.11. CHAPTER VI. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE.12. CHAPTER VII. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE (continued.)13. CHAPTER VIII. BOILER AND ITS APPENDAGES.—FURNACE.14. CHAPTER IX. DOUBLE-CYLINDER ENGINES.15. CHAPTER X. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON RAILWAYS.16. CHAPTER X. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON RAILWAYS. (continued 2)17. CHAPTER XI. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.18. CHAPTER XII. STEAM NAVIGATION.19. CHAPTER XII. GENERAL ECONOMY OF STEAM POWER.20. CHAPTER XIX. PLAIN RULES FOR RAILWAY SPECULATORS.21. INDEX.22. Transcriber's notes