The steam engine familiarly explained and illustrated; with an historical sketch of its invention and progressive improvement; its applications to navigation and railways; with plain maxims for railway speculators. By the Rev. Dionysius Lardner ... With additions and notes by James Renwick ...

320 INDEX.
Condensation by jet, accidental discovery of, 65.
Cornwall, reports of duty of steam engines in, 303
Cotton, processes in the culture of, 18.
Cylinder, its proportions, 300.
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D valve, description of the, 113.
Damper, the, 126.
Duty of a steam engine, 291.
Duty, reports of, in Cornwall, 303.
Eccentric, description of the, 11I.
Edelcrantz, the Chevalier, 127.
F.
Farey, Mr., his statement respecting the variations in the work of different steam
engines, 133.
Fluids, property of, 21.
Fly-wheel, introduction of the, 104.
Four-way cock, description of the, 115.
Fuel, table of the consumption of, in different locomotives, 180.
G.
Governor, cescription of the, 105.
Guericke, Otto, inventor of the air pump, 70.
Gurney, Mr., his steam carriage, 216.
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Hackworth, Mr., description of his engine, the C"Sanspareil," 173.
Hall, Mr. Samuel, his patent steam engine, 248. Its advantages for navigation,
249. Its successful application, 250
Hamilton, Duke of, 83.
Hancock, Mr. Walter, his steam carriage, 235.
Heat, phenomena of, 29.
Hero of Alexandria, description of his machine, 41.
Hopper, the, or apparatus for supplying the fireplace with coals, 131.
Hornblower, Mr., his double cylinder engine, 134.
[orgse power and steam power, comparison between, 202.
Horse power of an engine, 291. Method of calculating it, 293.
Howard, Mr. Thomas, his patent steam engine, 253. Its advantages in navigation, 256.
Huskisson, Mr., 154.
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Inclined planes, their injurious effects on railroads, 194. Methods proposed to
remedy these, 194.
India, steam communication with, 271.