ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II.
PAGE
AËRATED STEAM-BOILER 7
ROCK SPLITTING 25
STEAM THRASHING ENGINE 37
AGRICULTURAL MACHINE 58
WHEAL PROSPER HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM POLE-ENGINE 70
CYLINDRICAL HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM-BOILERS 71
EXPANSIVE STEAM POLE-ENGINE 81
CARN BREA CASTLE 147
TREVITHICK'S DOLCOATH ENGINE OF 1816 168
TREVITHICK'S DOLCOATH BOILERS OF 1811 169
STEAM DIAGRAM 185
'LA BELLE MACHINE' 190
CARRIAGE-WHEELS 207
WINDING ENGINES 208
PENZANCE IN OLDEN TIME 228
MARKET, JEW STREET, PENZANCE 243
MULE TRACK FROM LIMA TO CERRO DE PASCO 258
MAP OF COSTA RICA MINES 260
GUN-CARRIAGE 285
DUTCH PUMPING ENGINE 298
MOUNT'S BAY 318
PARTIAL CONDENSATION ENGINE 332
TUBULAR BOILER AND CONDENSER 339
BOTTLE-NECK BOILER 357
CAPTAIN DICK AND CAPTAIN ANDREW 361
HOT-WATER ROOM-WARMER 364
PATENT HEATING APPARATUS 366
DUCK'S-FOOT PADDLE 369
MARINE ENGINE AND BOILER 380
COMPOUND MARINE ENGINE 385
REFORM COLUMN IN DETAIL 391
GENERAL VIEW OF REFORM COLUMN 393
LIFE OF TREVITHICK.
CHAPTER XVII.
VARIOUS INVENTIONS.
"About 1804 Captain Trevithick put up in Dolcoath Mine a
stone-crushing mill, having large cast-iron rollers, for breaking into
small pieces the large stones of ore; it was spoken of as the first
ever used for such a purpose; the same form of crusher is still used
in the mines. It caused a great saving compared with breaking by a
hand hammer."[1]
"I saw at the Weith Mine in 1805 a portable high-pressure engine, made
by Captain Trevithick.
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