Excerpt from The Steam Engine, Vol. 1 of 2: Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, an Investigation of Its Principles, and Its Application to Navigation, Manufactures, and Railways
The work of Tredgold on the Steam Engine, from its first appearance in the year 1827 up to the present time, has maintained the highest reputation, both in this country and on the continent. Since the publication of the first edition, the boundless resources of steam power have been directed, on the most enlarged scale, to almost every important purpose of mankind, and the steam engine has achieved the greatest triumphs of human ingenuity. The present edition contains several valuable contributions from professional gentlemen of acknowledged ability and experience; and, with these and the many revisions and additions which the work has undergone, it is hoped that it will be found suited to the present advanced state of the science, and that it may continue to occupy the same favorable position which it has hitherto enjoyed. A considerable number of errors have been corrected which appeared in the first edition; and, amongst many other improvements, the principles of parallel motion, so important to the manufacturer, have been put in a complete form.
The Appendix consists of the following original papers:
I. On the practical nature and general management of marine boilers, by Mr. Dinnen.
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