A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, and Railways (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, and Railways Totheleadingengineersofthccountrymyacknowledgmentsaredueforthedrawingstheyhavefumid audthemanyaidsthey have lentto the present undertaking. I havealsotoacknowledge the kind aid encouragement afforded by Sir giventothework, andthmughwbomthepermissionisnowconveyedforitsdedicationtohen'esty. Artinnclanseswill, iamsure, appreciatethesecourtesies - fortothemaretheyaddressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.