Lectures on the Steam-Engine: in Which Its Construction and Operation Are Familiarly Explained : With a Sketch of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement : and an Account of the Present State of

Lectures On The Steam-Engine: In Which Its Construction And Operation Are Familiarly Explained : With A Sketch Of Its Invention And Progressive Improvement : And An Account Of The Present State Of The Liverpool Railway, And The Performances On It, And Of Steam Carriages On Turnpike Roads by Dionysius Lardner. This work surveys the history and science of steam-power, tracing the early notions of a moving force from Worcester and Savery to Newcomen and Papin, and then the transformative advances of James Watt. It explains the principles of air, caloric, and steam, the development of the atmospheric and high-pressure engines, and the evolution from single to double-acting cylinders, governors, and improved boilers. The volume then covers locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and the remarkable experiments with steam carriages on turnpike roads, including parliamentary inquiries and practical assessments of safety, efficiency, and economics. A foundational historical and technical account of steam power and its transportation revolution, enlarged in the fourth edition (1832).