CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Henry Bell receives a letter from Fulton-Begins to con-
struct a steam-boat, 524. Report on steam-boats-Dawson
constructs a steam-boat-Opposition of Watermen to their
introduction, 525. Bell fails in his speculation, 526. Robert-
son Buchanan, memoir of, 527. His steam-boat, 528. Fulton's
steam-frigate-Pendulum boat, note, 530. Wright's boat-
Experiment at Glasgow-Steam-frigate launched-Fulton's
death, 531. His character, note, 532. Dodd's voyage, 534,
Ralph Dodd and George Dodd, memoirs of, note, 535.

CHAPTER XXVII,

Biographical notices of James Watt, 544. Memoir of W.
Playfair, note, 547. Death of Watt, 550. Character of, by Jef-
rey, 551. Turner's steam-wheel, 553. Routledge, 554. Malam's
steam-wheel-Moore's steam-wheel, 555. Congreve's steam-
wheel-Pontifex's improvement on Savery's engine, 556.
Masterman's steam-wheel, 557. Perkins' boiler-Brunel's
engine, 560. Vaughan's atmospheric engine-Alban's gene-
rator, 561. Stuart's Practical Treatise on Construction, 562.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Lord

Watt Club, note, 565. The King's donation, 566.
Liverpool's character of Watt-Dupin's statement, note, 567.
Turner's answer, 568. Sir Humphry Davy's speech-Mr.
Bolton, 569. Mr. Huskisson, 570. Sir James Mackintosh, 571.
Mr. Brougham, 573. Mr. Littleton-Mr. Peel, 574. Mr.
Wilberforce, 575. Meeting at Glasgow, 576. Grants to
patentees, 577. Steam-boats on the Clyde, 579. Henry
Bell's case, 580.

CHAPTER XXIX.

Street's vapour-engine, 585. Rivaz's engine, 586. Cecil's
gas-engine, 587. Brown's gas-engine, 593.

CHAPTER XXX.

Faraday's experiments, 597. Brunel's compressed gas-
engine, 598. Barton's pistons-Howard's alcohol-engine, 599.
Foreman's steam-wheel, 600. Perkins' steam-guns, 601.

Jonathan Hornblower's rockets, 602. Perkins' experi-

ments, 604. Woisard's engine-Morey's engine, 607. Mont-

gery's turpentine engine-Galvanic engine, 608. Hodgkins's

engine, 609.

CHAPTER XXXI.

List of patents for inventions and improvements in steam-

engines and in the economy and management of fuel, 609 to

Index.

PORTA, KIRCHER, DE CAUS. Engines of Branca, steam

Page

opposite

12

32

60

62

wheel WORCESTER. Engine without a piston, from Description in Century of Inventions

WORCESTER II. Engine with a piston

PAPIN. 1, Safety-valve. 2, Mode of raising a piston by steam. 3, Ground plan. 4, Changing a reci. procating to a circular motion

SAVERY I. Model exhibited before the Royal Society.

SAVERY II. Elevation of his improved engine

HESSE. Elevation and section of Papin's machine

NEWCOMEN A. Elevation of his first apparatus
NEWCOMEN B. Elevation of improved machine
SAVERY M. Elevation of Bradley's engine
b

92

109

117

118

120

NEWCOMEN F. Desaguliers' view of Newcomen's engine 173
NEWCOMEN. Mechanism on a German engine
NEWCOMEN 1725. View of an engine working with a

buoy NEWCOMEN D. View of another variety of the atmospheric engine

NEWCOMEN E. Another variation

LEUPOLD H. Leupold's improvement of Amonton's firewheel

174

175

178

179

184

185

188

199

263

LEUPOLD III. His arrangement of Savery's apparatus
LEUPOLD. First high pressure lever engine

GENSANNE

WATT XO. Arrangement of his first engines

SMEATON. Fig. 1, Elevation of Smeaton's hand-gear. Fig. 2, Horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3, Bottom of cylinder. Fig. 4, steam-valve

WATT P. Contrivances to equalise motion

WATT Q. Watt's steam-wheel, fig. 2. Section of his

semi-rotary engine, figs. 1, 3, and 4

WATT R. Engraving referred to with this mark in page 347, is marked

WATT K.

WATT D. Valves of reciprocating engine and great lever

beam

WATT B. Parallel motion

WATT C. Sun and planet wheels

WATT I. Engine governor

296

317

328

230

344

345

348

352

358

360