Steam carriages, Mr. Gurney's, [216].
Mr. Hancock's, [235].
Mr. Ogle's, [238].
Dr. Church's, [239]
Steam, its properties described, [30].
Its mechanical power in proportion to the water evaporated, [277].
Its volume, [279].
Its quantity of heat, [279].
Its power in respect of fuel, [280].
Its expansive action, how advantageous, [280].
Combination of expansion with condensation, [285].
High-pressure, its expansive action, [288].
Examples illustrative of its mechanical force, [305]
Steam engine, first mover in, [19].
Physical effects connected with, [20].
Claims to the invention of, [38].
Efficacy of, as a mechanical agent, [39].
First brought into operation by Savery, [50].
Its inefficiency, [58].
First proposed to be applied to the drainage of mines, [61].
Accidental discovery of condensation by jet, [65].
Further improvements by Humphrey Potter and Beighton, [67],
[68].
Description of Papin's engine, [71].
First experiments of Watt and subsequent improvements, [73].
Dr. Black's theory of latent heat, [76].
Watt's method of condensation, [76].
Further improvements of Watt, [77].
Description of Watt's single-acting engine, [80].
The cold water pump, [86].
The hot water pump, [86].
Erection of a specimen engine at Soho, and gradual demand for them, [89].
The single-acting engine inapplicable to manufactures, [91].
The double-acting engine, [92].
Invention of the parallel motion, [95].
Introduction of the rotatory motion, [100].
The fly-wheel, [104].
The governor, [105].
The throttle valve, [105].
The eccentric, [111].
The D valve, [113].
The four-way cock, [115].
Methods for ascertaining the level of water in the boiler, [118].
The engine made to feed its own boiler, [120].
Waste of water prevented, [121].
The steam gauge, [122].
Barometer gauge, [123].
The damper, [125].
Methods proposed for preventing the waste of fuel, [128].
Mr. Brunton's furnace described, [130].
Mr. Oldham's modification of the self-regulating furnace, [132].
Improvements by Hornblower and Woolf, [134].
Description of the improvements of Mr. Cartwright, [142].
High-pressure engines, [145].
Leupold's engine described, [147].
Construction of the first high-pressure engine by Messrs. Trevithick and Vivian, [148].
First application of the steam engine to propel carriages on railroads, [151].
How applied to navigation, [242].
Marine engine; its form and arrangement, [243].
Mr. Howard's patent engine described, [253].
Mr. Hall's engine described, [248]
Steam gauge, the, [122]
Steam navigation, incredulity which existed respecting, [159].
The limit of its present powers, [264]
Steam vessels, their average speed, [265].
Their average consumption of fuel, [265].
Proportion of their power to their tonnage, [266].
Speed of post-office packets, [268].
Iron steam vessels, [269].
American vessel called the "Cigar Boat," its great speed, [270]
Stephenson's, Mr., description of an engine constructed by him, [164].
Premium awarded to this engine by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Directors, [170].
His method of dividing the flues, [179]
Stephenson and Lock, Messrs., appointed by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad to make reports on the merits of various railroads, [167]
Sun and planet wheels, [101]
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