h

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

Apwards of Two Hundred Engravings.

LONDON:

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

1829.

Recat rs

D

TO THE

MECHANICS OF GREAT BRITAIN,

WHOSE INTELLIGENCE, INGENUITY, AND INDUSTRY,

CONSTITUTE THE WEALTH AND GLORY OF THE PEOPLE,

BY WHOSE TALENT IN CONTRIVANCE AND EXECUTION

IN MACHINERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,

This Nation

HAS BEEN ENABLED TO SURPASS ALL OTHERS IN THE EXCELLENCE OF HER MANUFACTURES,

AND WHO, IN PARTICULAR, HAVE BEEN CHIEFLY INSTRUMENTAL

IN BRINGING

The Steam Engine

TO ITS PRESENT STATE OF IMPROVEMENT,

THIS HISTORY OF ITS INVENTION AND PROGRESS

IS DEDICATED,

BY THE AUTHORS.