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PROPERTIES OF STEAM.—COMMON STEAM.—SUPERHEATED STEAM.—LAW OF DALTON AND GAY LUSSAC.—LAW OF MARIOTTE.—RELATION BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE OF COMMON STEAM.—EFFECTS OF THE EXPANSION OF COMMON STEAM.—MECHANICAL EFFECTS OF STEAM.—METHOD OF EQUALISING THE EXPANSIVE FORCE.—HORNBLOWER'S ENGINE.—WOOLF'S ENGINE.—WATT'S ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE STEAM ENGINE TO MANUFACTURES.—PAPIN'S PROJECTED APPLICATIONS OF THE STEAM ENGINE.—SAVERY'S APPLICATIONS OF THE ENGINE TO MOVE MACHINERY.—JONATHAN HULL'S APPLICATION TO WATER WHEELS.—STEWART'S APPLICATION OF THE ENGINE TO MILL WORK.—WASHBOROUGH'S APPLICATION OF THE FLY WHEEL AND CRANK.—WATT'S SECOND PATENT.—DOUBLE-ACTION VALVES.

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