The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated

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Dionysius Lardner

With an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its applications to navigation and railways; with plain axioms for railway speculators

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

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by E. L. Carey & A. Hart, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.