Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II
- CHAPTER XVII VARIOUS INVENTIONS
- CHAPTER XVIII AGRICULTURAL ENGINES; LOSS OF PAPERS
- CHAPTER XIX POLE STEAM-ENGINE
- CHAPTER XX THE WATT AND THE TREVITHICK ENGINES AT DOLCOATH
- CHAPTER XXI ENGINES FOB SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER XXII PERU
- CHAPTER XXIII COSTA RICA
- CHAPTER XXIV RETURN TO ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XXV GUN–CARRIAGE–IRON SHIPS–HYDRAULIC CRANE–ICE MAKING–DRAINAGE OF HOLLAND–CHAIN–PUMP–OPEN–TOP CYLINDER–HAYLE HARBOUR–PATENT RIGHTS–PETITION TO PARLIAMENT
- CHAPTER XXVI TUBULAR BOILER–SUPERHEATING STEAM–SURFACE CONDENSER
- CHAPTER XXVII HEATING APPARATUS–MARINE STEAM-ENGINES–REFORM COLUMN
- INDEX TO VOLUME II
- Plate section
CHAPTER XXIII - COSTA RICA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME II
- CHAPTER XVII VARIOUS INVENTIONS
- CHAPTER XVIII AGRICULTURAL ENGINES; LOSS OF PAPERS
- CHAPTER XIX POLE STEAM-ENGINE
- CHAPTER XX THE WATT AND THE TREVITHICK ENGINES AT DOLCOATH
- CHAPTER XXI ENGINES FOB SOUTH AMERICA
- CHAPTER XXII PERU
- CHAPTER XXIII COSTA RICA
- CHAPTER XXIV RETURN TO ENGLAND
- CHAPTER XXV GUN–CARRIAGE–IRON SHIPS–HYDRAULIC CRANE–ICE MAKING–DRAINAGE OF HOLLAND–CHAIN–PUMP–OPEN–TOP CYLINDER–HAYLE HARBOUR–PATENT RIGHTS–PETITION TO PARLIAMENT
- CHAPTER XXVI TUBULAR BOILER–SUPERHEATING STEAM–SURFACE CONDENSER
- CHAPTER XXVII HEATING APPARATUS–MARINE STEAM-ENGINES–REFORM COLUMN
- INDEX TO VOLUME II
- Plate section
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- Life of Richard TrevithickWith an Account of his Inventions, pp. 260 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1872