AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE STEAM ENGINE, COMPRISING A GENERAL VIEW OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF MOVER IN MECHANICS; WITH AN APPENDIX OF PATENTS AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS CONNECTED WITH BY CHARLES F. PARTINGTON, OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION. "Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam! afar! DARWIN. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. Illustrated by Thirty-three Engravings and Diagrams. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. TAYLOR, ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, 59, HIGH HOLBORN, ΤΟ WILLIAM HASLEDINE PEPYS, Esq. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, LINNEAN, AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, OF THE ASTRONOMICAL, AND OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETIES; AND ONE OF THE MANAGERS OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION: 7 AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR HIS HIGH SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENTS, AND LIBERAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL LEARNING; THIS HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE TO THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES OF A GREAT COMMERCIAL NATION, IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS MUCH OBLIGED, AND FAITHFUL HUMBLE SERVANT, CHARLES FREDERICK PARTINGTON. |