Download or read book The Steam engine Its History and Mechanism written by Robert Scott Burn and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Steam engine Its History and Mechanism Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary Locomotive and Marine Engine For the Use of Schools and Students written by Robert Scott Burn and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Steam Engine Its History and Mechanism written by Robert Scott Burn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Steam Engine; Its History and Mechanism: Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine Engine, for the Use of Schools and Students Before entering upon the consideration of the historical and mechanical details of the steam-engine, it will be necessary to explain as briefly as possible the nature and properties of steam. It is but just, however, to state, that the new theory of heat, now being submitted to the test of experiment, will modify very much the theory of the steam-engine. Until the new views, however, have been conclusively affirmed, it would be premature here to specify them; we shall therefore confine ourselves to a statement of the theory of the steam-engine as generally received. When a quantity of water is heated until it arrives at a certain fixed temperature, an elastic fluid or aqueous vapour is evolved; this is called steam, and resembles in many of its properties common air. Like air, it is elastic, capable of being reduced in bulk by compression; the pressure which it exerts in the vessel into which it is compressed being exactly in proportion to the amount of compression. (See volume on Natural Philosophy in this series.) Like air, steam is also capable of an increase of volume or bulk; this expansion reducing the pressure on the vessel in which it is allowed to expand just in proportion to the amount of expansion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Steam Engine Its History and Mechanism written by Robert Scott Burn and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Download or read book The Steam engine written by Robert Scott Burn and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Steam Engine Its History and Mechanism written by Robert Scott Burn and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The Steam Engine written by Robert Scott Burn and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Power from Steam written by Richard L. Hills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.

Download or read book The Steam Engine Its History and Mechanism Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary Locomotive and Marine Engine written by Robert Scott Burn and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Catechism of the Steam Engine written by C.E. John Bourne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Catechism of the Steam Engine' is a comprehensive guide to the principles and applications of steam engines, covering topics such as heat, combustion, and steam, as well as the manufacture and management of engines. The book provides practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines for a variety of industries, including mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With detailed descriptions and diagrams of various engines, this book is an essential resource for engineers and enthusiasts alike.

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Download or read book The Governor written by John Hannavy and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the creation and evolution of the mechanism that brought precision to the steam power and changed the world. Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the ‘Holy Grail’ which many steam engineers sought to find. It was the centrifugal governor which brought precision to the application of steam power, and its story can be traced back to seventeenth-century Holland and Christiaan Huygens’ development of both the pendulum clock and system controls for windmills, and governors are still at the heart of sophisticated machinery today—albeit electronic rather than mechanical. Without the centrifugal governor, precise control over the increasingly-complex machinery which has been developed over the past two centuries would not have been possible. It was the first device to give the engineman the control they needed. As machine speed increased, the governor had to evolve to keep pace with the demands for greater precision. Over a hundred British patents were applied for in the nineteenth century alone for ‘improvements’ in governor design, many of which could be fitted, or retro-fitted, to engines from every large manufacturer. Some enginemen, on taking up new appointments—their jobs depending on the precision and consistency of their engine’s operation—would even request that the governor be replaced with their preferred model. This book, the first to deal with the subject, tells the story of the evolution of the original ‘spinning-ball’ governor from its first appearance to the point where it became a small device entirely enclosed in a housing to keep it clean, and thus hidden from view. Praise for The Governor “A beautiful, well-produced book that any engineering-minded person with a passion for steam engines will be proud to own. It traces the story of attempts to get the speed of steam engines and other machinery under control. . . . The book is lavishly illustrated with many beautiful photographs of some of the author's favourite machines. . . . I found this a gloriously well-produced book which I devoured enthusiastically! I commend it to anyone with a serious interest in mechanical engineering.” —Richard Gibbon O.B.E. C.Eng F.I.Mech.E former Head of Engineering, National Railway Museum

Download or read book A History of the Growth of the Steam engine written by Robert Henry Thurston and published by N.Y.: D. Appleton. This book was released on 1878 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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