A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert Henry Thurston is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. Read this book online for free on HackerNoon! : A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine Title : Robert Henry Thurston Author : April 19, 2011 [eBook #35916] Release date : English Language Table of Links CHAPTER I. The Steam-Engine as a Simple Machine Section I.—The Period of Speculation—From Hero to Worcester, b. c. 200 to a. d. 1650 Section II.—The Period of Application—Worcester, Papin, and Savery CHAPTER II. The Steam-Engine as a Train of Mechanism CHAPTER III. The Development of the Modern Steam-Engine. James Watt and his Contemporaries. Section I.—James Watt and his Inventions Section II.—The Contemporaries of James Watt CHAPTER IV. The Modern Steam-Engine. CHAPTER V. The Modern Steam-Engine. Section I.—Stationary Engines. Section II.—Portable and Locomotive Engines. Section III.—Marine Engines. CHAPTER VI. The Steam-Engine of To-Day. CHAPTER VIII. The Philosophy of the Steam-Engine About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Robert Henry Thurston (2011). A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved October 2022 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35916/pg35916-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org , located at https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html.