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Power from steam : a history of the stationary steam engine / Richard L. Hills.

By: Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.Description: xv, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521343569
  • 052145834X
  • 9780521458344
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.1609 20 HIL
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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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