[111] “De la Nature de l’Air,” 1676.

[112] See Porter on the Steam-Engine Indicator for the best set of Regnault’s tables generally accessible.

[113] This uniformity is not seen where a substance is changing its physical state while developing its heat-energy, as occurs with steam doing work while expanding.

[114] “Théorie de la Machine à Vapeur,” par le Chevalier F. M. G. de Pambour, Paris, 1844.


CHAPTER VIII.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE STEAM-ENGINE.


Its Application; its Teachings respecting the Construction of the Engine and its Improvement.