A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 123
ful trial of theKinneil engine. He did not write with the usual enthusi-5 98 THE DEVELOPMENT OP THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. asm and extravagance of the inventor, for his frequent dis-appointments and prolonged suspense had very thoroughlyextinguished his vivacity. He simply wrote : The fire-engine I… … Fig. 26.—Watts Engine, 11T4. into the modem steam-engine was now completed in itsessential details. The first engine which was erected atKinneil, near Boroughstoness, had a steam-cylinder 18inches in diameter. It is seen in the accompanying sketch. In Fig. 26, the steam passes from the boiler…
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