A Short History of the Steam Engine

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H. W. Dickinson

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First published in 1938, this volume details the steam engine as the most dynamic factor in the Industrial Revolution, freeing humanity from their age-long dependence upon the power of water, wind, and animals, or of their own muscles.

Inhalt

Part I. The Reciprocating Engine. 1. Introductory. 2. Savery and his Fire Engine. 3. Newcomen and his Vacuum Engine. 4. The Atmospheric Engine in the Period between Newcomen and Watt. 5. Watt and his Separate Condenser Engine. 6. Low-Pressure and High-Pressure Engines, 1801-50. 7. Land Boilers, 1851 to 1900. 10. Philosophy of the Steam Engine. Part II. The Steam Turbine. 11. Kinetic Energy of Steam and Pioneers of its Use. 12. Other Turbine Pioneers. 13. General Development from 1900 to the Present Time. 14. Development in Boilers, 1901 to the Present Time.