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The Steam Engine
Explained and Illustrated
WATT.
Engraved by H. Adlard, from a Drawing by H. Corbould,
taken with the permission of James Watt, Esq.
taken with the permission of James Watt, Esq.
FROM THE STATUE BY CHANTREY.
London: Taylor & Walton, Upper Gower Street.
THE
STEAM ENGINE
EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED;
WITH
AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INVENTION AND PROGRESSIVE
IMPROVEMENT,
AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INVENTION AND PROGRESSIVE
IMPROVEMENT,
AND ITS APPLICATION TO
NAVIGATION AND RAILWAYS;
INCLUDING ALSO
A Memoir of Watt.
BY
DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L. F.R.S.
&c. &c.
&c. &c.
SEVENTH EDITION,
ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND WALTON,
28. UPPER GOWER STREET.
MDCCCXL.
London:
Printed by A. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
HENRY LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY,
AND
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE,
AS A MARK OF PUBLIC RESPECT
AND
A TESTIMONY OF PRIVATE REGARD,
THIS WORK
INSCRIBED, BY HIS ATTACHED FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.
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