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Treatise on the steam engine

Renwick, James, 1790?-1863 · 1839 · New-York, Carvill & Co. · 44 pictures

An 1839 technical treatise by James Renwick, published in New York by Carvill & Co. for engineering students and mechanics learning steam power. The 45 figures are line-engraved sectional and elevation diagrams of cylinders, valve gear, boilers and pumps, hatched and lettered with reference keys, usable as cutaway mechanical motifs, hatch-shading patterns, and small labelled apparatus vignettes.

Steam-engines

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