Project Gutenberg 2013-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 113 Lardner, Dionysius 1793 1859 The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated" by Dionysius Lardner is a scientific publication written during the mid-19th century. The work provides a detailed exploration of the steam engine's invention, its progressive improvements, and its applications in navigation and railways, along with a memoir of James Watt. It aims to make the complex principles and mechanical workings of the steam engine accessible to the general reader, not just experts in engineering or mechanics. The beginning of this text outlines the importance and historical context of the steam engine, underscoring its significant impact on industrial development and daily life. Lardner discusses the fascination surrounding the steam engine, emphasizing its history of invention, the physics behind steam power, and the various contributors to its development over the centuries. The opening chapters introduce key figures like Hero of Alexandria and James Watt, setting the stage for a comprehensive examination of steam engine mechanics and its revolutionary effects on society and industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42602/42602-h/images/cover.jpg en Watt, James, 1736-1819 Steam-engines TJ Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 1431248 1431047 2024-09-18T04:06:43.080106 2023-09-18T12:33:15.996994 text/html text/html 1375511 2013-04-26T17:27:56 text/html 3958028 2013-04-26T17:38:07 text/html application/zip 3799874 2024-09-18T04:07:19.288424 application/epub+zip 3820634 2024-09-18T04:06:53.407016 application/epub+zip 515225 2024-09-18T04:06:44.803077 application/epub+zip 7724066 2024-09-18T04:07:33.153518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7624035 2024-09-18T04:07:10.354480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 823585 2022-09-19T12:53:22.688948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1153265 2024-09-18T04:06:38.830120 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1158634 2020-06-15T16:14:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 373073 2020-06-15T16:14:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1152219 2013-04-26T17:08:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 372312 2013-04-26T17:08:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1152943 2013-04-26T17:08:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 372230 2013-04-26T17:08:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22066 2024-09-18T04:07:33.366300 application/rdf+xml 21104 2024-09-18T04:06:45.072267 image/jpeg 2778 2024-09-18T04:06:44.937057 image/jpeg 3957822 2024-09-18T04:06:43.500054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia