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The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) / With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt — Dionysius Lardner

The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) / With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt

Dionysius Lardner

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 509 pages

Published in 1840, this collection of essays by Dionysius Lardner explains the steam engine, tracing its invention, gradual improvement, and use in navigation and railways. It also includes a memoir of James Watt. It will appeal to listeners interested in the history of technology and the Industrial Revolution.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. CHAPTER I.
  4. CHAP. II.
  5. CHAP. III.
  6. CHAP. IV.
  7. CHAP. V.
  8. CHAP. VI.
  9. CHAP. VII.
  10. CHAP. VIII.
  11. CHAP. IX.
  12. CHAP. X.
  13. CHAP. XI.
  14. CHAP. XII.
  15. CHAP. XIII.
  16. CHAP. XIV.
  17. APPENDIX.
  18. INDEX.
  19. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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