APPENDIX (C). Chronological Catalogue of Works descriptive of the Steam Engine. BRANCAS. Le Machine, folio. Roma, 1629 Marquis of Worcester's Century of Inventions, 12mo. London, 1663, 1746; Glasgow, 1767; London 1786, 1813 Isaac de Caus. New Invention of Water Works.* London, 1704 Ars nova ad Aquam Ignis adminiculo efficacissime ele Cassel, 1707 vandum. London, 1730 La Haye, 1732 Voyage de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie, et Afrique, folio, carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into any Harbour, * This tract contains a very accurate account of Savery's Engine, with Plates. Leupold Theatrum Machinarum Generale, folio, Lips. 1780 Belidor. Architecture Hydraulique, 4to. Paris, 1782-90 Bossut. Traité Théorique at Expérimental d' Hydrodynamique, 8vo. 2 vol. Senphin de Mon Copi, Œuvres de. Paris, 1786-7 Prony. Nouvelle Architecture Hydraulique, 4to. 1787 Paris, 1790-6 Boulton and Watt's Directions for Erecting their new Short Statement of Boulton and Watt, in Opposition to London, 1792 Langsdorf. Lehrbuch der Hydraulik, 4to. Altenb. 1794 Smeaton's Reports, 4to. London, 1797 1797 1799 Curr's Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder, 4to. Sheffield, Nieuwe Verhandelingen van het Batasseh Genootschap, Rotterdam, 1800 Walker on Draining Land by the Steam Engine, 8vo. 1699 1741 1751 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. Savery's Steam Engine, vol. xxi. p. 228. Payne's new Invention of expanding Fluids, vol. xli. p. 821 Blake on Steam Engine Cylinders, vol. xlvii. p. 197. Smeaton on de Moura's Improvements on Savery's En gine, vol. xlvii. p. 436. 1751 Fitzgerald on increasing Steam by Ventilation, vol. 1. 53, 370. 1757 Lavoisier on the Expense of Steam Engines, p. 63. 1771 MACHINES ET INVENTIONS APPROUVEES PAR L'ACADEMIE. Mey and Meyer's Engine, vol. iv. p. 185. 1720 1720 Gensanne's Engine, vol. vii. p. 222. 1734 INDEX. AIR-PUMP, description of, 128. Alcohol, vapour of, its use as a substitute for steam, 33. Atmospheric engine, suggested by Papin, 10; applied to the Bell-crank engine, constructed by Boulton and Watt, 44. Blenkinsop, Mr. constructs an iron rail-road for locomotive en- Boiler, employed by Savery, 136; Newcomen, ibid.; Boulton Books, list of those connected with the steam engine, App. 82. Brancas, suggestion for a high-pressure steam engine by, 4. Cartwright, Mr. suggests the employment of vapour of alcohol Century of Inventions, notice of the steam engine to be found Chapman, Mr. evidence upon steam navigation by, 87. Clyde navigation, account of, 60. Cold water pump, improvement in, App.18. Collinge, Mr. evidence upon steam navigation by, 85. Congreve, Sir William, mode of consuming smoke and saving Cooke, Mr. rotatory engine by, 43. Counter introduced by Watt, 132. Crank and fly-wheel first suggested by Hulls, 18. Cylinder and piston of atmospheric engine, 123, 150; by Boul- Deslandes, steam-wheel invented by, 20. Diagonal bracing, utility of in steam boats, App. 66. Dodd, Mr. evidence upon steam navigation by, 99. 108, 117. Double-acting engine suggested by Falck, 19. Draining land by steam engines, 20, 22. Edelcrantz, Chevalier, safety-valve invented by, 142. Eduction pipe, 155. Evans, Mr. high-pressure engine by, 47. Expansion engine invented by Mr. Watt. Explosion of a steam-boat at Norwich, 73. Feeding pipe described, 151. Fire regulator. Vide BRUNTON. Fire-wheel invented by Amontons, 20. Fly-wheel, description of, 132; rule for proportioning, 153; dispensed with in a rotatory engine, 180. François, engine for draining land by, 20. Freeling, Mr. evidence by, App. 66. Freemantle, Mr. improved cold-water pump by, App. 18. |