AN

HISTORICAL

h

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 FREDERICK 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.

Illustrated by Thirteen Engravings and Diagrams.

London:

PRINTED FOR J. TAYLOR,

AT THE ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, 59, HIGH HOLBORN.

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