An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packets
with 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
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Author
Contributions
- Weld, Isaac, 1774-1856 - Contributor
Publication
1818 - Pub. for the author, by J. Asperne [etc.], London, England
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Number06033651
- OCLC Control Number11700695
- Open LibraryOL44953551M
Classifications
- LCCTJ284 .D63
- LCCTJ284 .D6 1818
Subjects
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- An historical and explanatory dissertation on steam-engines and steam-packets
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