History and Progress of the Steam Engine: With a Practical Investigation of Its Structure and Application

0 348 p. Includes illustrations. ADS IN THE BACK. GALLOWAY, Elijah History and progress of the steam engine; with a practical investigation of its structure and application: by Elijah Galloway, civil engineer. To which is added an extensive appendix, containing minute descriptions of all the various improved boilers; the constituent parts of steam engines; the machinery used in steam navigation; the new plans for steam carriages; and a variety of engines for the application of other motive powers, with an experimental dissertation on the nature and properties of steam and other elastic vapours; the strength and weight of materials, &c. &c. by Luke Hebert, editor of the Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions. Illustrated by upwards of two hundred engravings. Good. ACTUAL ANTIQUE BOOK, NOT A CHEAP REPRINT, THIS COPY, 1834 PRINTING, GOOD, HEAVY WEAR, CHIPPING TO THE SPINE, ORIGINAL BINDING WITH A NICE PATINA, STRUCTURALLY SOUND.