Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine

ISBN: 9780521458344 出版年：1989 页码：356 Richard L Hills Cambridge University Press

1. The noblest machine 2. The impellant force of fire 3. Common old smoking engines 4. The economy of power 5. The devil of rotations 6. Such unbounded power 7. Good servants but bad masters 8. An uncultivated field 9. The new theory of heat 10. The internal operation of the machine 11. Such absolute smoothness 12. Twinkle twinkle little arc 13. The drive for efficiency 14. An economical source of motive power 15. The most economical mode of obtaining power Bibliography.