The Steam-Engine: Being a Popular Description of the Construction and Action of the Engine; With a Sketch of Its History, and of the Laws of Heat and Pneumatics

Excerpt from The Steam-Engine: Being a Popular Description of the Construction and Action of the Engine; With a Sketch of Its History, and of the Laws of Heat and Pneumatics

The Steam-Engine is so interesting a subject - from the extent and variety of its applications the great power with which it has armed mankind the varied forms in which it meets us at every tum the singular ingenuity of its construction the beautiful mechanical contrivances which it presents and the many great laws of nature which it illustrates - that there are few who do not desire some knowledge of its structure and mode of action.

The present work is designed to furnish to the general reader such an account of this great machine as may be easily understood by those who are previously unacquainted with the subject. The general laws of Heat and Pneumatics on which the action of the engine depends are fully detailed; its construction and mode of action are minutely explained so that, with the aid of the figures, it may be readily understood, even by those who have never seen an engine; and the different forms into which the engine is thrown, to fit it for its various applications, are separately described.

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