An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packetswith the evidence in full given by the most eminent engineers, mechanists, and manufacturers, to the select committees of the House of commons; together with the committees' reports, distinguishing and defining safe and unsafe steam-engines ... comprising particulars of the fatal explosions of boilers ... with a narrative, by Isaac Weld, esp. of the interesting voyage of the Thames steam-yacht, from Glasgow, in Scotland, to Dublin and London
Pub. for the author, by J. Asperne [etc.]1818-01-01
