THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. VOLUME XXIV. THE

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

ROBERT H. THURSTON, A. M., C. E.,

By ROBERT H. THURSTON.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Steam-Engine as a Simple Machine. PAGE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAITS. NO. PAGE 1 Edward Somerset, the Second Marquis of

CHAPTER I. THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE MACHINE. Section I.

CHAPTER II. THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A TRAIN OF MECHANISM.

CHAPTER III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. JAMES WATT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

CHAPTER IV. THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.

CHAPTER V. THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.

CHAPTER VI. THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY.

CHAPTER VII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. The History of

CHAPTER VIII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. Its

Scientific Publications.

SCIENTIFIC LECTURES AND ESSAYS.

Transcriber's Notes:

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