Power from steam : a history of the stationary steam engine / Richard L. Hills.
Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.Description: xv, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0521343569
- 052145834X
- 9780521458344
- 621.1609 20 HIL
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Engineering Library | 621.1609 HIL 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0024395 |
Contents
1. The noblest machine
2. The impellant force of fire
3. Common old smoking engines
4. The economy of power
5. The devil of rotations
6. Such unbounded power
7. Good servants but bad masters
8. An uncultivated field
9. The new theory of heat
10. The internal operation of the machine
11. Such absolute smoothness
12. Twinkle twinkle little arc
13. The drive for efficiency
14. An economical source of motive power
15. The most economical mode of obtaining power
Bibliography: p. 318-326.
Includes index : p. 327 - 338
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