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Title: A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

Author: Robert Henry Thurston

Release date: April 19, 2011 [eBook #35916]

Language: English

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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.

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

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