OF THE

STEAM ENGINE;

With a Practical Envestigation

OF ITS

STRUCTURE AND APPLICATION.

BY ELIJAH GALLOWAY,

CIVIL ENGINEER.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN EXTENSIVE APPENDIX,

CONTAINING MINUTE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE VARIOUS IMPROVED
BOILERS; THE CONSTITUENT PARTS OF STEAM ENGINES; THE
MACHINERY USED IN STEAM NAVIGATION; THE NEW PLANS
FOR STEAM CARRIAGES; AND A VARIETY OF

ENGINES FOR THE APPLICATION OF OTHER

Motive Powers,

WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL DISSERTATION ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF
STEAM AND OTHER ELASTIC VAPOURS; THE STRENGTH AND WEIGHT
OF MATERIALS, &c. &c.

BY LUKE HEBERT,

Editor of the Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions.

ILLUSTRATED BY

Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS KELLY, No. 17, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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