Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures in the text, Tailpiece and Tables
- Preface
- PART I THE RECIPROCATING ENGINE
- Chapter I Introductory
- Chapter II Savery and his Fire Engine
- Chapter III Newcomen and his Vacuum Engine
- Chapter IV The Atmospheric Engine in the period between Newcomen and Watt
- Chapter V Watt and his Separate Condenser Engine
- Chapter VI Low-Pressure and High-Pressure Engines, 1801–50
- Chapter VII Land Boilers up to 1850
- Chapter VIII From Heyday to Recession, 1851 to the Present Day
- Chapter IX Land Boilers, 1851 to 1900
- Chapter X Philosophy of the Steam Engine
- PART II THE STEAM TURBINE
- Conclusion
- Index
- Plate section
Chapter IX - Land Boilers, 1851 to 1900
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures in the text, Tailpiece and Tables
- Preface
- PART I THE RECIPROCATING ENGINE
- Chapter I Introductory
- Chapter II Savery and his Fire Engine
- Chapter III Newcomen and his Vacuum Engine
- Chapter IV The Atmospheric Engine in the period between Newcomen and Watt
- Chapter V Watt and his Separate Condenser Engine
- Chapter VI Low-Pressure and High-Pressure Engines, 1801–50
- Chapter VII Land Boilers up to 1850
- Chapter VIII From Heyday to Recession, 1851 to the Present Day
- Chapter IX Land Boilers, 1851 to 1900
- Chapter X Philosophy of the Steam Engine
- PART II THE STEAM TURBINE
- Conclusion
- Index
- Plate section
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- A Short History of the Steam Engine , pp. 159 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1939