A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 174
eam to locomotionon land was probably that of Isaac Newton, who, in 1680,proposed the machine shown in the accompanying figure(42), which will be recognized as representing the scientific • Vide Theatrum Machinarum, vol. iii., Tab. 30. STEAM-LOCOMOTION ON BAILROADS. 149 toy whicli is found in… … Fie. 42.—UTewtons Steam-Carriage, 16S0. pipe, C, seen pointing directly backward, by its reactionupon the carriage, drives the latter ahead. The driver, sit-ting at A, controls the steam by the handle, E, and cock,F. The fire is seen at Z>. When, at the end of the eighteenth century, the…
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