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James Watt And The Steam Engine Memorial Volume Dickson & Jenkins

US $19.99

Campton, New Hampshire, United States
Jan 31st

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JAMES WATT AND THE STEAM ENGINE THE MEMORIAL VOLUME (PREPARED FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WATT CENTENARY COMMEMORATION AT BIRMINGHAM 1919 BY: H.W. DICKSON & RHYS JENKINS REPRINTED 1989 415 PAGES CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION JAMES WATT THE MAN: EARLY DAYS 1736-56 (PEDIGREE OF JAMES WATT) GLASGOW DAYS 1756-64 THE WIDENING CIRCLE 1764-74 PARTNERSHIP WITH BOULTON: STRENUOUS DAYS, 1774-84 PARTNERSHIP WITH BOULTON: ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCCESS, 1784-1800 LIFE IN RETIREMENT 1800-19 WATT PORTRAITURE WATT AND THE STEM ENGINE: THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE OF THE ENGINE 1765-74 THE SINGLE ACTING PUMPING ENGINE. 1774-7: THE FIRST ENGINE AT SOHO EXPANSIVE WORKING: THE SECOND ENGINE AT SOHO THE SINGLE ACTING PUMPING ENGINE, 1773-83 THE DOUBLE ACTING ENGINE ROTARY ENGINE IN THE STEAM ENGINE: THE ROTARY ENGINE; THE APPLICATION OF THE CRANK TO THE STEAM ENGINE; WATT'S SCHEMES TO AVOID PICKARD'S PATENT THE ROTATIVE ENGINE; ALBION MILLS THE VALVES AND THEIR WORKING GEAR;,THE WIPER GEAR, THE CATARACT, THE LINKAGE GEAR, AUTOMATIC EXPANSION GEAR, SOCKET VALVES, ECCENTRIC GEAR, SLIDE VALVE GENERAL ENGINE DETAILS; CYLINDERS, PISTONS AND PISTON RODS, STUFFING BOXES, PARALLEL MOTION, ENGINE BEAMS, CONDENSERS ROTATIVE ENGINE DETAIL AND ACCESSORIES; SUN AND PLANET GEAR, CONNECTING RODS, CRANKS, FLYWHEELS, FRAMES, THE GOVERNOR AND THROTTLE VALVE, LUBRICATION, JOINTS AND JOINTING MATERIALS, THE COUNTER, THE INDICATOR BOILERS; SEATINGS, FITTINGS AND FIRING THE APPLICATION OF THE ENGINE; BLOWING, FORGE, WINDING HOW THE ENGINES WERE MADE; THE ENGINE YARD AT SOHO MANUFACTORY, SOHO FOUNDRY THE STAFF OF BOULTON AND WATT RIVALS AND PIRATES; PROJECTORS AND SCHEMES, LITIGATION BOULTON AND WATT IN CORNWALL; ENGINES ON CORNISH MINES THE ENGINE PREMIUMS AND ROYALTIES; THE PARTNERSHIPS PERFORMANCE OF ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS AND TRAILS, THE HORSE POWER UNIT APPENDIXES: BIBLIOGRAPHY CONCERNING JAMES WATT REPRINT OF' DIRECTIONS FOR ERECTING AND WORKING THE NEWLY-INVENTED STEAM ENGINES' {1779} REPRINT OF SHEET OF' DIRECTIONS RELATING TO THE ENGINE',c.1784 WATT CENTENARY COMMEMORATION 1919 INDEX LIST OF PLATES (98) MAPS: BIRMINGHAM IN WATT'S DAY AND AT THE PRESENT TIME CORNWALL SHOWING SITES OF BOULTON AND WATT ENGINES (NOTE: LIGHT SOILING TO PAGE EDGES) PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS! PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DETAILS! I WILL GLADLY COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES! **************PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING*************** (THIS IS ALL THE BORING BUT IMPORTANT STUFF) PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME TO CHANGE SHIPPING AND HANDLING PRICES WITHIN THE USA! SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS WHAT IT IS! I DO CHARGE A HANDLING FEE TO COVER MY TIME AND PACKAGING COSTS. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME TO PUT A REDUCED PRICE ON ITEM VALUE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING! IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO SO AND I WILL NOT DO IT! UNLESS THE ITEM HAS BEEN GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED THERE WILL BE NO RETURNS. ALL ITEMS SOLD “AS IS”. PLEASE READ ITEM DESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY. CHECK PHOTOGRAPHS BEFORE BIDDING. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AND WILL TRY TO ANSWER AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BUYER’S REMORSE. FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT. AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ITEM, PLEASE POST FEEDBACK FOR ME AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU. THIS WAY I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ITEM AND ARE SATISFIED. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR PURCHASE, PLEASE EMAIL BEFORE YOU LEAVE FEEDBACK. PERHAPS WE CAN WORK IT OUT BEFORE ANY FEEDBACK IS LEFT. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK!

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Seller Notes	“Light soiling to page edges.”