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

Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Hardcover. 3 preliminary leaves 863 pages: illustrations. Sold with all faults. "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.".