Dionysius Lardner

PREFACE OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR.

PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY MATTER.

CHAPTER II. FIRST STEPS IN THE INVENTION.

CHAPTER III. ENGINES OF SAVERY AND NEWCOMEN.

CHAP. IV. ENGINE OF JAMES WATT.

CHAPTER V. WATT'S SINGLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE.

CHAPTER VI. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE.

CHAPTER VII. DOUBLE-ACTING STEAM ENGINE ( continued .)

CHAPTER VIII. BOILER AND ITS APPENDAGES. FURNACE.

CHAPTER IX. DOUBLE-CYLINDER ENGINES.

CHAPTER X. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON RAILWAYS.

CHAPTER XI. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.

CHAPTER XII. STEAM NAVIGATION.

CHAPTER XII. GENERAL ECONOMY OF STEAM POWER.

CHAPTER XIX. PLAIN RULES FOR RAILWAY SPECULATORS.

INDEX.

Notes

Transcriber's notes

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