Project Gutenberg 2013-04-26 Public domain in the USA. 711 Lardner, Dionysius 1793 1859 The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated" by Dionysius Lardner is a scientific publication written during the mid-19th century. The work provides a detailed exploration of the steam engine's invention, its progressive improvements, and its applications in navigation and railways, along with a memoir of James Watt. It aims to make the complex principles and mechanical workings of the steam engine accessible to the general reader, not just experts in engineering or mechanics. The beginning of this text outlines the importance and historical context of the steam engine, underscoring its significant impact on industrial development and daily life. Lardner discusses the fascination surrounding the steam engine, emphasizing its history of invention, the physics behind steam power, and the various contributors to its development over the centuries. The opening chapters introduce key figures like Hero of Alexandria and James Watt, setting the stage for a comprehensive examination of steam engine mechanics and its revolutionary effects on society and industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42602/42602-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 48.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Watt, James, 1736-1819 Steam-engines TJ Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Physics Category: Engineering & Technology 1430930 2025-09-17T08:25:34.651806 text/html 1354674 2024-10-23T15:24:39 text/html 3795844 2025-09-17T08:26:06.949691 application/epub+zip 3816671 2025-09-17T08:25:44.163830 application/epub+zip 512823 2025-09-17T08:25:36.449801 application/epub+zip 7720707 2025-09-17T08:26:19.046618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7623406 2025-09-17T08:25:59.131768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 823585 2022-09-19T12:53:22.688948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1158747 2025-09-17T08:25:31.329878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1138680 2024-10-23T15:24:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17116 2025-09-17T08:26:19.245631 application/rdf+xml 21104 2025-09-17T08:25:36.671793 image/jpeg 2778 2025-09-17T08:25:36.563796 image/jpeg 3955454 2025-09-17T08:25:35.063855 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia