Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 520
PRIMITIVE APPLICATION OF STEAM TO ENGINES, ROAD WAGONS AND LOCOMOTIVES. The ancients seemed to have been imbued with a conception of the value of steam as a motive power. Thus, in the city founded by Alexander the Great, Hero is said to have demonstrated its power about B. C. 130. He wrote a… … knowledge on tne subject. Hero's device was followed from time to time by others more or less advanced in thought, but still lacking essen- tial practical features necessary to their use in every day life. Thus, we have an account of an engine constructed as far back as 1629. Coming down to the…
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