Lives of Boulton and Watt. Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine (1865)
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and company; · leaf 142
omen model arrivedfrom London; and, in1763, the little engine,which was destined tobecome so famous, wasput into the hands ofWatt. The boiler wassomewhat smaller thanan ordinary tea-kettle.The cylinder of the en-gine was only of twoinches diameter and sixinches stroke. Watt atfirst regarded it… … 122 EXCOUNTEES A DIFFICULTY. Chap. YII. found that the boiler, though apparently large enough,could not supply steam in sufficient quantity, and onlya few strokes of the piston could be obtained, when theengine sto23ped. The fire was urged by blowing, andmore steam was produced, but still it would…
