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THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.
VOLUME XXIV.
THE
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.
THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.
A HISTORY
OF THE
GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.
BY
ROBERT H. THURSTON, A. M., C. E.,
COPYRIGHT, 1878, 1884,
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAITS.
THE GROWTH OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.
CHAPTER I.
THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A SIMPLE MACHINE.
Section I.—The Period of Speculation—from Hero to Worcester, b. c. 200 to a. d. 1650.
Section II.—The Period of Application—Worcester, Papin, and Savery.
CHAPTER II.
THE STEAM-ENGINE AS A TRAIN OF MECHANISM.
The Modern Type, as Developed by Newcomen, Beighton, and Smeaton.
CHAPTER III.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. JAMES WATT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
Section I.—James Watt and his Inventions.
Section II.—The Contemporaries of James Watt.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.
The Second Period of Application—1800-’40. Steam-Locomotion on Railroads.
CHAPTER V.
THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.
The Second Period of Application—1800-1850 (continued). The Steam-Engine Applied to Ship-Propulsion.
CHAPTER VI.
THE STEAM-ENGINE OF TO-DAY.
The Period of Refinement—1850 to Date.
Section I.—Stationary Engines.
Section II.—Portable and Locomotive Engines.
Section III.—Marine Engines.
CHAPTER VII.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.
The History of its Growth; Energetics and Thermo-dynamics.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.
Its Application; its Teachings respecting the Construction of the Engine and its Improvement.
Scientific Publications.
SCIENTIFIC LECTURES AND ESSAYS.
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