Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Steam Engine, Comprising an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement: With an Investigation of Its Principles, and the Proportions of Its Parts for Efficiency and Strength; Detailing Also Its Application to Navigation, Mining, Impelling Machines, &C
In the first, the history of the progressive improvement of the steam engine is traced, from the period of its first suggestion by the Marquis of Worcester, to its present state of high perfection.
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