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HISTORICAL

AND

DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT

OF THE

STEAM ENGINE,

COMPRISING A GENERAL VIEW OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF
EMPLOYING ELASTIC VAPOUR AS A PRIME

MOVER IN MECHANICS;

WITH

AN APPENDIX

OF PATENTS AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS CONNECTED WITH
THE SUBJECT.

BY CHARLES F. PARTINGTON,

OF THE LONDON INSTITUTION.

"Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd Steam! afar!
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the fields of air."

DARWIN.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED.

Illustrated by Thirty-three Engravings and Diagrams.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. TAYLOR,

ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, 59, HIGH HOLBORN.

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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:

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.

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