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Pl. XIII. AMERICAN HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE
Eight horse power. 8 inch Cylinder, 2-1/2 feet Stroke.
THE STEAM ENGINE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED;
WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ITS INVENTION AND PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT; ITS APPLICATIONS TO NAVIGATION AND RAILWAYS; WITH PLAIN MAXIMS FOR RAILWAY SPECULATORS.
BY THE REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL. D., F. R. S.,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY; OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY; OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS; OF THE LINNÆAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES; OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING USEFUL ARTS IN SCOTLAND, ETC.
WITH ADDITIONS AND NOTES,
BY JAMES RENWICK, LL. D.,
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND CHEMISTRY IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK.
ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS.
SECOND AMERICAN, FROM THE FIFTH LONDON, EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED.
PHILADELPHIA: E. L. CAREY & A. HART. 1836
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by E. L. Carey & A. Hart, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.