Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · Boston, Small, Maynard and company · leaf 21
we have to start with Den-nis Papin, a Frenchman. In 1610 he got up thescheme of using a piston in a cylinder and moving 6 The Boys9 Book of Engine-Building it by steam; I say scheme because it did not worksuccessfully when he built it. The trouble withhis engine was that he made the boiler and… … Fig. 3. Papins; The First Piston Engine forced the piston up, the fire was then takenaway, the steam cooled down, thus forming avacuum in the cylinder, and the pressure of theair on the piston forced it down again. Although this engine of Papins was intendedto work half by steam and half by air…
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