Horizontal Steam-engine used to propel the Machinery in the Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South.

Nashville, Tenn.:

PUBLISHED BY E. STEVENSON & F. A. OWEN, AGENTS,
FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL
1918

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY A. A. STITT,

SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, NASHVILLE, TENN.

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PREFACE.................

INTRODUCTION

STEAM-ENGINE

Contents.

WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW ABOUT STEAM AND THE

WATT

CHAPTER I.

WHAT WAS DONE TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A

STEAM-ENGINE BEFORE THE TIME OF JAMES

CHAPTER II.

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CHAPTER IV.

WATT'S EARLY EXPERIMENTS UPON STEAM AND THE

STEAM-ENGINE

CHAPTER III.

THE EARLY LIFE AND PURSUITS OF JAMES WATT.... 55

CHAPTER V.

PROCEEDINGS AT THE SOHO WORKS.

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vii

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CHAPTER VI.

THE DOMESTIC LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTER OF

JAMES WATT......

CHAPTER VII.

THE RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE

CHAPTER VIII.

THE STEAMBOAT AND MARINE ENGINE................. 144

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108

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