A History of the Growth of the Steam-EngineThurston, Robert Henry
History
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine
Thurston, Robert Henry
Steam-engines -- History
Forney's Tank-Locomotive 370
127. British Express Engine 371
128. The Baldwin Locomotive. Section 372
129. The American Type of Express Engine, 1878 374
130. Beam Engine 380
131. Oscillating Steam-Engine and Feathering Paddle-Wheel 381
132. The Two "Rhode Islands," 1836-1876 383
133. A Mississippi Steamboat 384
134. Steam-Launch, New York Steam-Power Company 386
135. Launch-Engine 387
136. Horizontal, Direct-acting Naval Screw Engine 389
137. Compound Marine Engine. Side Elevation 390
138. Compound Marine Engine. Front Elevation and Section 391
139. Screw-Propeller 400
140. Tug-Boat Screw 401
141. Hirsch Screw 401
142. Marine Fire-Tubular Boiler. Section 403
143. Marine High-Pressure Boiler. Section 404
144. The Modern Steamship 407
145. Modern Iron-Clads 410
146. The "Great Eastern" 415
147. The "Great Eastern" at Sea 416
PORTRAITS.
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1. Edward Somerset, the Second Marquis of Worcester 20
2. Thomas Savery 31
3. Denys Papin 46
4. James Watt 80
5. Matthew Boulton 94
6. Oliver Evans 154
7. Richard Trevithick 174
8. Colonel John Stevens 178
9. George Stephenson 183
10. Robert Fulton 251
11. Robert L. Stevens 270
12. John Elder 393
13. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford 434
14. James Prescott Joule 439
15. Prof. W. J. M. Rankine 443
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