CONTENTS.
Title
Of Steam...................................................................................................1
Comparison of the powers of the old and new
principle.................................4
On saving fuel and increasing power by the new principle,
Scale of the elastic power of steam, produced by different de...............5
grees of heat in the water,..................................................................8
Of Heat,...................................................................................................12
Of the concstruction of boilers,...................................................................22
A table of the diameters and strengths of
boilers,..........................................27
Of the means of applying steam,..................................................................28
A table showing the proper time to shut off
the steam,...................................30
Comparison of the principles,......................................................................35
Of the Supply-pump,...................................................................................37
Of the Condenser,.......................................................................................38
Of the volcanic Steam Engine,......................................................................41
Scale of Heat from the highest degree of heat produced in an
A table of the strength of metals ascertained by experiments, .........................46
A table of the expansion of metals by heat
..................................................47
Directions for working a steam cngine on the new principle, 48
Comparative statement of the expense of land carriage by
by a steam waggon .....................................................................................
52
Of proportioning the cylinder to the boiler in the construction of
steam engines,...............................................................................................56
Comparative statement of the cost of building and expense of
working two steam engines ten years, one on the old and
the other on the new principle,.......................................................................60
A table of the areas of cylinders of steam
engines,.............................................61
Of Distillation,...............................................................................................62
Of vibrating motions of machinery...................................................................63
Description of a steam engine on the new principle. Explana
tion of Plate I...............................................................................................67
Explanation of the screw mill invented by
the author..........................................70
Useful inventions by different persons...............................................................74
Appendix,.......................................................................................................83
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