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Walking Engine 337
Mr. Stephenson's Engines at Killingworth 339
Liverpool and Manchester Railway 342
The Directors offer a Prize for the best Locomotive Engine 344
Experimental Trial 344
The "Rocket," "Sanspareil," and "Novelty" 344
Admirable Arrangement in the Rocket 345
Description of the "Sanspareil" 347
Description of the "Novelty" 349
The Superiority of the "Rocket" 350
Method of subdividing the Flue into Tubes 353
Progressive Improvement of Locomotive Engines 354
Dr. Lardner's Experiments in 1832 357
Adoption of Brass Tubes 360
Great Expense of Locomotive Power 361
Mr. Booth's Report 362
Detailed Description of the most improved Locomotive Engines 365
Substitution of Brass for Copper Tubes ascribed to Mr. Dixon 370
Power of Locomotive Engines 379
Position of the Eccentrics 379
Pressure of Steam in the Boiler 401
Dr. Lardner's Experiments in 1838 406
Resistance to Railway Trains 407
Dr. Lardner's Experiments on the Great Western Railway 408
Experiments on Resistance 409
Restrictions on Gradients 410
Compensating Effect of Gradients 412
Experiment with the "Hecla" 412
Disposition of Gradients should be uniform 415
Methods of surmounting steep Inclinations 415
CHAP. XII.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.
Railways and Stone Roads compared 420
Gurney's Steam Carriage 423
The Boiler of Gurney's Engine 423
His Method of cleansing Boilers 428
Convenience and Safety of Steam Carriages 432
Two Methods of applying Locomotive Engines upon common Roads 434
Horse Carriages compared with Steam 435
Extract from Mr. Farey's Evidence before the House of Commons 435
Hancock's Steam Carriage 436
How it differs from that of Mr. Gurney 437
Ogle's Locomotive Carriage 438
Dr. Church's Steam Engine 439
CHAP. XIII.
STEAM NAVIGATION.
Form and Arrangement of Marine Engines 441
Arrangement of the Engine-room 446
Marine Boilers 448
Effects of Sea Water in Boilers 450
Remedies for them 451
Blow-off Cocks 452
Indicators of Saltness 453
Seaward's Indicator 454
His Method of blowing out 454
Field's Brine Pumps 456
Tubular Condensers applied by Mr. Watt 457
Hall's Condensers 458
Substitution of Copper for Iron Boilers 460
Process of Stoking 462
Watt's Expedient of attaching Felt to the Boiler Surface 463
Means of economising Fuel 463
Number and Arrangement of Furnaces and Flues 463
Howard's Marine Engine 464
Application of the expansive Principle in Marine Engines 466
Recent Improvements of Messrs. Maudslay and Field 467
Humphrey's Marine Engine 470
Common Paddle-wheel 472
Feathering Paddles 474
Galloway's Patent for a Paddle-wheel with movable Paddles 476
Split Paddle
