A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 169
CHAPTER IV. THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE. Those projects which abridge distance have done most for the civiliza-tion and happiness of our species.—MiCAnLAY. The Second Peeiod of Application—1800-40.Steam-Locomotion on Raileoads. Inteodfctoey.—The commencement of the nineteenthcentury found the modem… … Tio. 40.—The First P.ailroad-Car, 1S25. all its principal features, and fairly at work in many depart-ments of industry. The genius of Worcester, and Morland,and Savery, and Desaguliers, had, in the first period of the STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON RAILEOADS. I45 application of the power of steam to useful…
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