The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated / With an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its applications to navigation and railways; with plain axioms for railway speculators

by Dionysius Lardner

Pl. XIII.
AMERICAN HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE

Eight horse power. 8 inch Cylinder, 2-1/2 feet Stroke.

THE
STEAM ENGINE
FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED;

WITH
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ITS INVENTION AND
PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT;
ITS APPLICATIONS TO
NAVIGATION AND RAILWAYS;
WITH
PLAIN MAXIMS FOR RAILWAY SPECULATORS.

BY THE
REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL. D., F. R. S.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY; OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY; OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS; OF THE LINNÆAN AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES; OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING USEFUL ARTS IN SCOTLAND, ETC.

WITH ADDITIONS AND NOTES,

BY JAMES RENWICK, LL. D.,