Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam EngineThis is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines. |
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Contents
The impellent force of fire | 13 |
Common old smoaking engines | 31 |
The economy of power | 51 |
The devil of rotations | 70 |
Such unbounded power | 95 |
Good servants but bad masters | 120 |
An uncultivated field | 141 |
The new theory of heat | 162 |
The internal operation of the machine | 173 |
Such absolute smoothness | 193 |
Twinkle twinkle little arc | 213 |
The drive for efficiency | 234 |
An economical source of motive power | 258 |
The most economical mode of obtaining power | 281 |
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Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine Richard Leslie Hills No preview available - 1989 |
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| Title | Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine |
| Author | Richard L. Hills |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 052145834X, 9780521458344 |
| Length | 338 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / History Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects |
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