The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated: With an Historical Sketch of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement; Its Applications to Navigation and Railways
The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated: With an Historical Sketch of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement; Its Applications to Navigation and Railways
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...not used as the only means of connecting the most distant points of our planet, it is not because it is inadequate to the accomplishment of that end, but because the supply of the material from which at the present moment it derives its powers, is restricted by local and accidental circumstances. We propose in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...not used as the only means of connecting the most distant points of our planet, it is not because it is inadequate to the accomplishment of that end, but because the supply of the material from which at the present moment it derives its powers, is restricted by local and accidental circumstances. We propose in the present chapter to lay before our readers some account of the means whereby the effects above referred to have been produced; of the manner and degree in which the public have availed themselves of these means; and of the improvements of which they seem to us to be susceptible. Some of the preceding observations on inland transport, as well as other parts of the present chapter, appeared in articles written by me in the Edinburgh Review for October, 1832, and October, 1834. (85.) It is a singular fact, that in the history of this invention, considerable time and great ingenuity were vainly expended in attempting to overcome a difficulty which in the end turned out to be purely imaginary. To comprehend distinctly the manner in which a wheel carriage is propelled by steam, suppose that a pin or handle is attached to the spoke of the wheel at some distance from its centre, and that a force is applied to this pin in such a manner as to make the wheel revolve. If the face of the wheel and the surface of the road were absolutely smooth and free from friction, so that the face of the wheel would slide without resistance upon the road, then the effect of the force thus applied would be merely to cause the wheel to turn round, the carriage being stationary, the surface of the wheel would slip or slide upon the road as the wheel is made to revolve. But if, on the other hand, the pressure of the face of the wheel upon the road is such as to...
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