A Treatise on the Steam Engine (Classic Reprint): Historical, Practical, and Descriptive - Couverture souple
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Explore the engineering behind early steam power and see how Watt’s and Newcomen’s designs shaped industry. This concise, historical account explains the core ideas, mechanisms, and practical limits of the single-engine and the blowing engine, using clear examples from real machines.
This edition guides readers through the fundamental parts of the steam engine, including the condenser, air-pump, and water-regulation systems. It also describes how the engine is managed in practice—firing, draft control, steam regulation, and the timing of strokes—to keep operations steady and safe. Rich in technical detail, it shows how these engines worked in mines and furnaces and how engineers measured performance.
- How the condenser, air-pump, and water systems interact to create vacuum and pressure.
- Methods for regulating fire, draft, and steam to maintain steady motion and avoid damage.
- Practical layouts and components, such as inverted chests, cisterns, and blowing cylinders.
- Real-world performance ranges, including stroke length, speeds, and air volume considerations.
Ideal for readers of industrial history and engineering who want a clear, evidence-based view of early steam power and its practical challenges.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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