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Full Steam Ahead: The Steam Engine and Transportation in the Nineteenth Century

Excerpts from A Rudimentary Treatise on the Steam Engine by Dionysius Lardner, 1848.

Excerpts from A Rudimentary Treatise on the Steam Engine by Dionysius Lardner, 1848.

Citation Information: Lardner, Dionysius, excerpts from “A rudimentary treatise on the steam engine: for the use of beginners,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/6008cf5c0fc081dcfe1e102a101ae4d1.

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Excerpts from A Rudimentary Treatise on the Steam Engine by Dionysius Lardner, 1848.

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