A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 318
l Transactions. The date of Sa-very and Newcomens patent for a steam-engine is in the year 1705 ; andthe latter introduced the piston. Among the improvers of this valu-able machine, Dr. Young mentions the names of De Moura, Smeaton,Beighton, Francois, who contrived an engine without a piston,… … 111. The preceding figure will enable the reader to form a cor-rect idea of the principal parts of a steam-engine, and of its modeof action. AB denotes the principal cylinder; P its piston, act-ing by its rod Y on the extremity of the beam G H, the other ex-tremity of which is connected with the…
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