THE

STEAM-ENGINE,

ITS HISTORY AND MECHANISM:

BEING

Descriptions and Illustrations

OF THE

STATIONARY, LOCOMOTIVE, AND MARINE ENGINE.

For the Use of Schools and Students.

BY ROBERT SCOTT BURN,

EDITOR OF THE "ILLUSTRATED LONDON DRAWING-BOOK;" "MECHANICS AND MECHANISM;"

66 ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND MECHANICAL DRAWING-BOOK;"

66 ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL GEOMETRY," ETC.

LONDON:

H. INGRAM AND CO.,

MILFORD HOUSE, MILFORD LANE, STRAND;

AND

W. S. ORR AND CO., AMEN CORNER, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1854.